linux-kernel - Re: [char-misc-next 2/3] mei: struct mei_message

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Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:24:49 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, arnd@...db.de, alan@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [char-misc-next 2/3] mei: struct mei_message_data doesn't have
 to be packed

On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 00:43:21 +0300
Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com> wrote:

> Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
> index 96d3e79..adb35fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
> +++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
> @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ enum mei_cb_major_types {
>  struct mei_message_data {
>  	u32 size;
>  	unsigned char *data;
> -} __packed;
> +};

Explanation would be useful especially for this one. The others are
obvious although a one line comment would still be good form perhaps.
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