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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 01/19] kernel: Standardize vdso_datapage
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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From:   Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
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On 31/05/2019 09:16, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 4:15 PM Vincenzo Frascino
> <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com> wrote:
> 
>> + * vdso_data will be accessed by 64 bit and compat code at the same time
>> + * so we should be careful before modifying this structure.
>> + */
>> +struct vdso_data {
>> +       u32                     seq;
>> +
>> +       s32                     clock_mode;
>> +       u64                     cycle_last;
>> +       u64                     mask;
>> +       u32                     mult;
>> +       u32                     shift;
>> +
>> +       struct vdso_timestamp   basetime[VDSO_BASES];
>> +
>> +       s32                     tz_minuteswest;
>> +       s32                     tz_dsttime;
>> +       u32                     hrtimer_res;
>> +};
> 
> The structure contains four padding bytes at the end, which is
> something we try to avoid, at least if this ends up being used as
> an ABI. Maybe add "u32 __unused" at the end?
> 

Agreed, I will fix this in v7.

>      Arnd
> 

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Regards,
Vincenzo