linux-kernel - Re: struct fanotify_event

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <m3pqxd7ift.fsf@hase.home>
Date:	Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:16:22 +0200
From:	Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com>
Cc:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel\@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: struct fanotify_event_metadata

Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin@...hos.com> writes:

> Shrink pid field in the fanotify_event_metadata to 32-bit to match
> the kernel representation. Pull mask field up since it logically
> comes before event auxiliary data and also makes for a nicer
> alignment.

That won't buy you much wrt. alignment though, due to the packed
attribute.

Andreas.

-- 
Andreas Schwab, schwab@...ux-m68k.org
GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5
"And now for something completely different."
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/