netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] block/drbd: use nla_put_u64

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Message-Id: <20160503.120556.1317913903199470646.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 03 May 2016 12:05:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lars.ellenberg@...bit.com
Cc:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	philipp.reisner@...bit.com, drbd-dev@...ts.linbit.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] block/drbd: use nla_put_u64_64bit()

From: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@...bit.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 12:06:44 +0200

> Please just NOT use an additional "field",
> but always use 0 to pad.

You can't, it doesn't work.

We are adding a new field to every netlink protocol family that has this
alignment problem.