linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RDMA/irdma: fix irdma_alloc_ucontext

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Message-ID: <CAMuHMdUnRGUCiLmPYhPA8-vkNqnzX74nad9d=0Cck66GorZK1Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:06:13 +0100
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To: Jacob Moroni <jmoroni@...gle.com>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Czurylo <krzysztof.czurylo@...el.com>, 
	Tatyana Nikolova <tatyana.e.nikolova@...el.com>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, 
	Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>, Faisal Latif <faisal.latif@...el.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, 
	Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>, linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RDMA/irdma: fix irdma_alloc_ucontext_resp padding

Hi Jacob,

On Tue, 16 Dec 2025 at 15:17, Jacob Moroni <jmoroni@...gle.com> wrote:
> This doesn't change the offset of max_hw_srq_quanta on my system, but I tested
> with a verbs provider built with the previous and new proposed change
> just in case,
> and both worked.

It indeed doesn't change the offset of that field (except on m68k),
but it should restore the size of the structure to what it was before.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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