Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC PATCH V2 1/8] xen/mem_event: Cleanup of mem_event structures

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

(re-adding xen-devel)

>>> On 22.01.15 at 17:54, <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 5:34 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> On 22.01.15 at 17:23, <tamas.lengyel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Wouldn't making the
>>> struct packed just take care of it automatically?
>>
>> How would you envision to do that without using compiler
>> extensions?
> 
> My understanding of making the struct packed is that there is simply
> no alignment and padding. Thus, it would look the same on 32-bit and
> 64-bit as the size of each member is explicitly the same on each
> architecture. Am I missing something here?

But isn't that exactly what I suggested by adding explicit padding?
If not, please give an example.

Jan


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