netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] eventpoll: Add epoll ioctl for epoll

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Message-ID: <20240131022756.GA4837@fastly.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 18:27:57 -0800
From: Joe Damato <jdamato@...tly.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] eventpoll: Add epoll ioctl for
 epoll_params

On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 06:08:36PM -0800, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 31, 2024 at 01:47:33AM +0000, Joe Damato wrote:
> > +struct epoll_params {
> > +	__aligned_u64 busy_poll_usecs;
> > +	__u16 busy_poll_budget;
> > +
> > +	/* pad the struct to a multiple of 64bits for alignment on all arches */
> > +	__u8 __pad[6];
> 
> You HAVE to check this padding to be sure it is all 0, otherwise it can
> never be used in the future for anything.

Is there some preferred mechanism for this in the kernel that I should be
using or is this as simple as adding a for loop to check each u8 == 0 ?

Thanks.