Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 04/12] raw/ioat: add explicit padding to descriptor struct

[Thomas Monjalon]

30/04/2021 17:06, Bruce Richardson:
> Add an explicit padding field to the end of the descriptor structure so
> that when the batch descriptor is defined on the stack for perform-ops, the
> unused space is all zeroed appropriately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com>
> ---
> --- a/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev_fns.h
> +++ b/drivers/raw/ioat/rte_ioat_rawdev_fns.h
> -     /* 28 bytes of padding here */
> +     uint16_t intr_handle; /* completion interrupt handle */

This is more than padding.
Does it deserve its own commit?

> +
> +     /* remaining 26 bytes are reserved */
> +     uint16_t __reserved[13];
>  } __rte_aligned(64);