Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 01/24] arm: initial Xen support

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Wed Aug 01 2012 - 06:51:56 EST


> > > +struct pvclock_wall_clock {
> > > + u32 version;
> > > + u32 sec;
> > > + u32 nsec;
> > > +} __attribute__((__packed__));
> >
> > That is weird. It is 4+4+4 = 12 bytes? Don't you want it to be 16 bytes?
>
> I agree that 16 bytes would be a better choice, but it needs to match
> the struct in Xen that is defined as follow:
>
> uint32_t wc_version; /* Version counter: see vcpu_time_info_t. */
> uint32_t wc_sec; /* Secs 00:00:00 UTC, Jan 1, 1970. */
> uint32_t wc_nsec; /* Nsecs 00:00:00 UTC, Jan 1, 1970. */

Would it make sense to add some paddigin then at least? In both
cases? Or is it too late for this?
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