Hi Gustavo,
s/__64/__u64/ in the commit message.
On 29 January 2016 at 23:20, Gustavo Padovan <gustavo at padovan.org> wrote:
> From: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan at collabora.co.uk>
>
> Making fence_info a pointer enables us to extend the struct in the future
> without breaking the ABI.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gustavo Padovan <gustavo.padovan at collabora.co.uk>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync.h
> b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync.h
> index ed281fc..9f07aa7 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync.h
> +++ b/drivers/staging/android/uapi/sync.h
> @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct sync_file_info {
> char name[32];
> __s32 status;
>
> - __u8 fence_info[0];
> + __u64 *fence_info;
I believe you misinterpreted what was meant with "_u64 pointer". As
the storage use for of a pointer varies across 32/64 bit arch, we
explicitly use a variable type that is large enough (and consistent)
for both cases. Thus the above should be
+ __u64 fence_info;
Hope this clarifies things.
-Emil
