linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: Fix vmbus load hang caused by faulty data packing

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Date:	Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:11:36 +0000
From:	Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Tom Hanrahan <hanrahat@...rosoft.com>,
	Hashir Abdi <habdi@...rosoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Staging: hv: Fix vmbus load hang caused by faulty data
 packing


 From: Hank Janssen <hjanssen@...rosoft.com>

Fix vmbus load hang caused by wrong data packing.
This fix needs to be applied to 2.6.32 as well.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Hank Janssen<hjanssen@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>

---
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/ChannelMgmt.h b/drivers/staging/hv/ChannelMgmt.h
index a839d8f..2782328 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/ChannelMgmt.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/ChannelMgmt.h
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ enum vmbus_channel_message_type {
 	ChannelMessageViewRangeRemove		= 18,
 #endif
 	ChannelMessageCount
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 struct vmbus_channel_message_header {
 	enum vmbus_channel_message_type MessageType;

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