Re: [Xen-devel] struct blkif_request_segment_aligned

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 12:04 +0000, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Roger,
> 
> so you introduced this, yet looking in a little closer detail I can't seem
> to understand why: struct blkif_request_segment is identical in layout,
> the sole difference between the two is that in the new structure the
> padding field has a name, whereas in the old one it doesn't.

Is this something to do with Linux' use of __attribute__((packed)) once
again causing confusion? (I really hope not API deviation...)

> I'd really like to get rid of this redundant type again, unless there's a
> reason for it to be there which I'm overlooking.
> 
> Jan
> 
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