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

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Date:   Tue, 01 May 2018 14:05:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mst@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kevin@...rana.org,
        jasowang@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vhost: make msg padding explicit

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 20:19:19 +0300

> On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 11:28:22AM -0400, David Miller wrote:
>> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
>> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300
>> 
>> > 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>
>> 
>> Michael, will you be sending this directly to Linus or would you like
>> me to apply it to net or net-next?
>> 
>> Thanks.
> 
> I'd prefer you to apply it for net and cc stable if possible.

Ok, applied, and added to my -stable submission queue.