Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: userspace interface

From: John Stoffel
Date: Thu Oct 19 2006 - 11:26:08 EST



Avi> Alan Cox wrote:
>> Ar Iau, 2006-10-19 am 10:30 -0400, ysgrifennodd John Stoffel:
>>
>>> Yuck. ioclts are deprecated, you should be using /sysfs instead for
>>> stuff like this, or configfs.
>>
>> Making sure the ioctl sizes are the same in 32/64bit and aligned the
>> same way is the more important issue.
>>

Avi> Yes, pointers are padded and all other types are explicitly sized.
Avi> Alignment is always natural.

My apologies, I should have kept my mouth shut. :] Looks interesting
for sure.

John
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