Re: [Xen-devel] ia64 question ...

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 8/11/06 17:05, "Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> offsetof(struct vcpu_guest_context,user_regs)) gives me 16.  I've
> expected 8.  Does ia64 align structs on 16 byte borders?  Or is there
> some other reason?

The cpu_user_regs contains fields that require 16-byte alignment (the
pt_fpreg structs) and this forces 16-byte alignment for the structure as a
whole.

 -- Keir




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