netdev - RE: [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: fix struct end padding in btf

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Date:   Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:11:56 -0700
From:   John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
To:     Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, ast@...com, daniel@...earbox.net,
        john.fastabend@...il.com
Cc:     andrii.nakryiko@...il.com, kernel-team@...com,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH bpf-next 1/3] libbpf: fix struct end padding in btf_dump

Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> Fix a case where explicit padding at the end of a struct is necessary
> due to non-standart alignment requirements of fields (which BTF doesn't
> capture explicitly).
> 
> Fixes: 351131b51c7a ("libbpf: add btf_dump API for BTF-to-C conversion")
> Reported-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@...com>
> ---

Tested a few different kernels and seems to have resolved the issue
I was seeing.

Tested-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@...il.com>