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

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Message-Id: <20180502.100446.106883595468297057.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 02 May 2018 10:04:46 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     mst@...hat.com
Cc:     kevin@...rana.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.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: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:36:37 +0300

> Ouch.  True - and in particular the 32 bit ABI on 64 bit kernels doesn't
> work at all. Hmm. It's relatively new and maybe there aren't any 32 bit
> users yet. Thoughts?

If it's been in a released kernel version, we really aren't at liberty
to play "maybe nobody uses this" UAPI changing games.

Please send me a revert.