Hi Lucas,
On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 3:47 PM Luca Dariz <l...@orpolo.org> wrote:
> * kern/exception.c: message fields need to be aligned to 8 bytes for a
> 64-bit userspace, so add the required padding if needed, as done by
> MIG.
> ---
> kern/exception.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/kern/exception.c b/kern/exception.c
> index 10435b5c..757f793e 100644
> --- a/kern/exception.c
> +++ b/kern/exception.c
> @@ -274,8 +274,14 @@ struct mach_exception {
> mach_port_t task;
> mach_msg_type_t exceptionType;
> integer_t exception;
> +#if defined(__x86_64__) && ! defined(USER32)
> + char exceptionPad[4];
> +#endif
> mach_msg_type_t codeType;
> integer_t code;
> +#if defined(__x86_64__) && ! defined(USER32)
> + char codePad[4];
> +#endif
> mach_msg_type_t subcodeType;
> rpc_long_integer_t subcode;
> };
> --
> 2.30.2
>
>
>
I believe this shouldn't be necessary due to
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/gnumach.git/commit/?id=8e5e86fc13732b60d2e4d14152d92db1f1ae73f9
which forces mach_msg_type_t to always be 8 byte aligned. If you check the
size before and after your patch, it will be the same.
