From: Linuxppc-dev
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> > > So given what you have above, you'd use something like:
> > >
> > > struct ima_kexec_hdr {
> > > u16 version;
> > > u16 _reserved0;
> > > u32 _reserved1;
> > > u64 buffer_size;
> > > u64 count;
> > > };
> > >
> > > cheers
> >
> > Thanks, I'll make this change.
>
> I would suggest:
>
> struct ima_kexec_hdr {
> u64 buffer_size;
> u64 count;
> u16 version;
> };
>
> and let the compiler add the proper padding, depending on the architecture.
> On
> 32bit machine we'll have 4 bytes smaller allocations (compared to 64bit) while
> retaining the same functionality.
AAAArrrrgggg.....
That doesn't work for 32bit applications on 64bit hosts.
The extra bytes will make 0 difference to the allocation cost and
lots to the processing.
David
