[openib-general] Re: [PATCH 6/6] IB: userspace support for RDMA connection manager

[David S. Miller]

From: Roland Dreier <rdreier at cisco.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 13:58:32 -0800

>     Sean> Unless I miss counted, they should be aligned.
>     Sean> ib_user_path_rec is defined near the end of patch 1/6.
> 
> You're right.  struct sockaddr_in6 is 28 bytes long (not a multiple of
> 8) but gcc seems to lay everything out the same on 32-bit and 64-bit
> architectures just the same.

Please make sure you check "x86_64 vs. x86", and then something like
"powerpc64 vs. powerpc32" or "sparc64 vs. sparc32", as those are the
two different classes of ABI layouts.