netdev - RE: [PATCH] rtnl_wilddump_request: fix alignment issue for embedded platforms

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Date:	Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:51:49 +0100
From:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	"Lutz Jaenicke" <ljaenicke@...ominate.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] rtnl_wilddump_request: fix alignment issue for embedded platforms

> +		/* attribute has to be NLMSG aligned */
> +		struct rtattr ext_req
__attribute__((aligned(NLMSG_ALIGNTO)));

Would it be better to apply the attribute to the definition
of 'struct rtattr' itself ?

	David



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