linux-kernel - [PATCH] vhost: make msg padding explicit

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] vhost: make msg padding explicit

There's a 32 bit hole just after type. It's best to
give it a name, this way compiler is forced to initialize
it with rest of the structure.

Reported-by: Kevin Easton <kevin@...rana.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index c51f8e5..5a8ad06 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ struct vhost_iotlb_msg {
 
 struct vhost_msg {
 	int type;
+	int padding0;
 	union {
 		struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb;
 		__u8 padding[64];
-- 
MST