* Dave Hansen <d...@sr71.net> wrote:
> To fix this, we replace the u64 with an '__u32'. The __u32 is guaranteed to
> union well with the pointers from _addr_bnd. It is also plenty large enough
> to
> store the 16-bit pkey we have today on x86.
The 'union well' sentence is really a leftover from the earlier changelog (the
problem was never about interaction between union members) - a better
explantion
is:
> To fix this, we replace the u64 with an '__u32'. The __u32 does not change
> the
> minimum alignment requirements of the structure and it is also plenty large
> enough to store the 16-bit pkey we have today on x86.
I fixed this up locally, no need to resend.
Thanks,
Ingo
