netdev - Re: [PATCH] vhost: make msg padding explicit

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Date:   Tue, 1 May 2018 20:19:19 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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

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.
Thanks!

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