netdev - [PATCH 15/16] batman-adv: remove packed from batadv_ogm

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Date:	Wed,  9 Oct 2013 14:40:17 +0200
From:	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
To:	davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, b.a.t.m.a.n@...ts.open-mesh.org,
	Simon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@...03.tu-chemnitz.de>,
	Simon Wunderlich <siwu@....tu-chemnitz.de>,
	Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>,
	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
Subject: [PATCH 15/16] batman-adv: remove packed from batadv_ogm_packet

From: Simon Wunderlich <simon.wunderlich@...03.tu-chemnitz.de>

As we decreased the struct size from 26 to 24 byte, we can remove
__packed as the compiler will not add any more padding.

Signed-off-by: Simon Wunderlich <siwu@....tu-chemnitz.de>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@...oo.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...hcoding.com>
---
 net/batman-adv/packet.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/packet.h b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
index f02dbb1..4e5fe7d 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/packet.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/packet.h
@@ -175,7 +175,10 @@ struct batadv_ogm_packet {
 	uint8_t  reserved;
 	uint8_t  tq;
 	__be16   tvlv_len;
-} __packed;
+	/* __packed is not needed as the struct size is divisible by 4,
+	 * and the largest data type in this struct has a size of 4.
+	 */
+};
 
 #define BATADV_OGM_HLEN sizeof(struct batadv_ogm_packet)
 
-- 
1.8.3.2

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