RE: [Xen-ia64-devel] vmMangleRid

["Magenheimer, Dan (HP Labs Fort Collins)" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxx>]

> Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] vmMangleRid
> 
> Hi
> 
> the vmMangleRid function starts with:
> 
>       union bits64 { unsigned char bytes[4]; unsigned long uint; };
> 
>       union bits64 t;
> 
> This is strange, I always thought there were 8 bytes in 64 bits...

Using advanced paravirtualization techniques, we are able to
virtualize 12 bytes into a 64-bit word!

:-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Seriously, this bug has been there since the alpha release (12/2004)
so it is apparently harmless, though should be cleaned up.

Dan

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