netdev - [PATCH] Revert "vhost: make msg padding explicit"

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Date:   Wed, 2 May 2018 17:19:05 +0300
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "vhost: make msg padding explicit"

This reverts commit 93c0d549c4c5a7382ad70de6b86610b7aae57406.

Unfortunately the padding will break 32 bit userspace.
Ouch. Need to add some compat code, revert for now.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/vhost.h | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
index 5a8ad06..c51f8e5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/vhost.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ struct vhost_iotlb_msg {
 
 struct vhost_msg {
 	int type;
-	int padding0;
 	union {
 		struct vhost_iotlb_msg iotlb;
 		__u8 padding[64];
-- 
MST