Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:02:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:01:56 -0500 Received: from thebsh.namesys.com ([212.16.7.65]:12298 "HELO thebsh.namesys.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:01:43 -0500 From: Nikita Danilov MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15523.12369.210626.545285@laputa.namesys.com> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 18:01:37 +0300 X-Fnord: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black X-Message-Flag: Message text blocked: ADULT LANGUAGE/SITUATIONS X-BeenThere: crackmonkey@crackmonkey.org X-PGP-Fingerprint: 43CE 9384 5A1D CD75 5087 A876 A1AA 84D0 CCAA AC92 X-PGP-Key-ID: CCAAAC92 X-PGP-Key-At: http://wwwkeys.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xCCAAAC92 To: arjanv@redhat.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] ext2_fill_super breakage In-Reply-To: <3CA32D9D.1EF59C5E@redhat.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.00 under 21.4 (patch 3) "Academic Rigor" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Arjan van de Ven writes: > > > Explicit initialization always leaves room for some "pad" field inserted > > by compiler for alignment to be left with garbage. This is more than > > just annoyance when structure is something that will be written to the > > disk. Reiserfs had such problems. > > such compiler-based padding is architecture specific.. I'd hope the > reiserfs > on disk format isn't architecture specific ? It is not. > Nikita. - 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/