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SubjectRe: [PATCH] include/linux/unaligned: Pack the whole struct rather than just the field.
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On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Harvey Harrison
<harvey.harrison@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:43 AM, Will Newton <will.newton@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:44 AM, Andrew Morton
>>>>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>
>>>>
>>>> -struct __una_u16 { u16 x __attribute__((packed)); };
>>>> -struct __una_u32 { u32 x __attribute__((packed)); };
>>>> -struct __una_u64 { u64 x __attribute__((packed)); };
>>>> +struct __una_u16 { u16 x; } __attribute__((packed));
>>>> +struct __una_u32 { u32 x; } __attribute__((packed));
>>>> +struct __una_u64 { u64 x; } __attribute__((packed));
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that was wrong.
>>>
>>> Do you think this bug affects 2.6.36 or earlier?
>
> Interesting, I thought about this when modifying this awhile ago, and
> was relying on this from the gcc manual:
>
> packed
> <snip>
>
>    Specifying this attribute for struct and union types is equivalent
> to specifying the packed attribute on each of the
>
>
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> structure or union members. Specifying the -fshort-enums flag on the
> line is equivalent to specifying the packed
> attribute on all enum definitions.

I think that's possibly a gcc documentation deficiency, it is
equivalent to adding the packed attribute to all the struct members
but *also* affects the assumed alignment of the struct.

Looking at the gcc svn it seems the documentation has been improved a
bit in this area.

> What version of gcc was this?

4.2.4
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