linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] sparse: Allow override of sizeof(bool) warning

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:52:19 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Ben Pfaff <blp@...ira.com>,
	Christopher Li <sparse@...isli.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>,
	linux-sparse@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] sparse: Allow override of sizeof(bool) warning

On 02/27/2014 08:10 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> 
> That last assumption has to change for the Meta architecture.
> 
> https://lwn.net/Articles/522188/
> 
> On meta, the structs and unions are padded to 4 bytes unless they are
> explicitly marked as __packed.
> 

One have to wonder how likely they are to have that not continually break...

	-hpa


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