On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 05:05:01PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > vhost incorrectly asked for 8 byte alignment for > used ring pointer, it should be 4 byte. > > Let's add explicit macros for ring element alignment, > this makes it easier to make sure our requirements > match the spec. > > Rusty, OK to merge this through my vhost tree, or do you > prefer merging this through yours?
Just to clarify, this is needed in 3.19. > Michael S. Tsirkin (2): > virtio_ring: document alignment requirements > vhost: relax used address alignment > > include/uapi/linux/virtio_ring.h | 7 +++++++ > drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 10 +++++++--- > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > -- > MST > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
