Re: Xenvif non-zero byte assertion error during teardown

[Tu Dinh <ngoc-tu.dinh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/07/2026 16:20, Durrant, Paul wrote:
>> Doing so is hard since padding is architecture-dependent, and gets
>> complex fast once child structures are involved. Some structures like
>> INTERFACE (part of DebugInterface/SuspendInterface/etc) have padding
>> that we can't simply eliminate or make explicit.
> 
> Ok, yes, I can see those would be hard.
> 
> I'm curious as to why this padding is suddenly a problem after a decade 
> without any issues though. Is it an issue with a newer toolchain?
> 

I did recently switch to VS2026 so that might be a reason. Or that it 
was rare enough to not be detected during typical runs of the debug build.


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