EV_INOTIFY_BUFSIZE's doubt in libev

[Marc Lehmann]

On Tue, Nov 09, 2010 at 11:17:01PM +0800, Simon Liu <simohayha.bobo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi marc, I read libev's code , I found EV_INOTIFY_BUFSIZE's define
> 
> /* the * 2 is to allow for alignment padding, which for some reason is >> 8
> */
> # define EV_INOTIFY_BUFSIZE (sizeof (struct inotify_event) * 2 + NAME_MAX)
> 
> therefor my problem is why need *2(your comment make me doubt).

Hmm, what's unclear/what is your doubt?

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