From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754428AbcEDQvG (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2016 12:51:06 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:39804 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752032AbcEDQvE (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 May 2016 12:51:04 -0400 Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 12:50:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20160504.125057.1606520320212390037.davem@davemloft.net> To: eric.dumazet@gmail.com Cc: nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, philipp.reisner@linbit.com, drbd-dev@lists.linbit.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] block/drbd: use nla_put_u64_64bit() From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <1462372026.5535.344.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com> References: <20160504090529.GJ16459@soda.linbit> <5729EFBC.7040002@6wind.com> <1462372026.5535.344.camel@edumazet-glaptop3.roam.corp.google.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.6 on Emacs 24.5 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.12 (shards.monkeyblade.net [149.20.54.216]); Wed, 04 May 2016 09:50:58 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Eric Dumazet Date: Wed, 04 May 2016 07:27:06 -0700 > kernel was fine, and most user land apps were fine as well. Userland should really not have to deal with garbage like this. And because it quietly works just fine on x86-64, nothing makes sure that applications will universally get this right anyways. Better to align things properly and magically all of these issues simply disappear.