linux-kernel - Re: PATCH] firewire: add padding to some struct

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:58:34 +0200
From:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
To:	JiSheng Zhang <jszhang3@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux1394-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, krh@...hat.com
Subject: Re: PATCH] firewire: add padding to some struct

Stefan Richter wrote:
> I don't understand what the problem is.  As long as both kernel and
> library use "response.data" or "&response + offsetof(typeof(response),
> data)", they will write and read at the correct location.

PS, of course the math of the latter should look more like
	(char *)&response + offsetof(...)
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