Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752514AbaLYPFL (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:05:11 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:46297 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752394AbaLYPFI (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:05:08 -0500 Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2014 17:05:01 +0200 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Rusty Russell Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] virtio/vhost: fix alignment requirements Message-ID: <1419517332-12291-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Mutt-Fcc: =sent Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org vhost incorrectly asked for 8 byte alignment for used ring pointer, it should be 4 byte. Let's add explicit macros for ring element alignment, this makes it easier to make sure our requirements match the spec. Rusty, OK to merge this through my vhost tree, or do you prefer merging this through yours? Michael S. Tsirkin (2): virtio_ring: document alignment requirements vhost: relax used address alignment include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h | 7 +++++++ drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- MST -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/