Re: Linux 3.3-rc4

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 02/20/2012 07:29 PM, Ian Kent wrote:
> 
> Fix this by adding a new protocol version 6 packet that is packed so that
> it will have the same size on all archectures regardless of alignement.
> 

You probably also want to make sure there aren't any holes in it, ever.
 Alignment holes not only cause these kinds of problems, but also cause
security holes.

	-hpa

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