Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] virtio/vhost: fix alignment requirements

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Sat Dec 27 2014 - 04:27:25 EST


"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 05:05:01PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
>> vhost incorrectly asked for 8 byte alignment for
>> used ring pointer, it should be 4 byte.
>>
>> Let's add explicit macros for ring element alignment,
>> this makes it easier to make sure our requirements
>> match the spec.
>>
>> Rusty, OK to merge this through my vhost tree, or do you
>> prefer merging this through yours?
>
> Just to clarify, this is needed in 3.19.

Sure, please take this via the vhost tree.

Acked-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Rusty.
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