linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regmap: Remove __attribute_

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Date:	Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:16:02 +0000
From:	Dimitris Papastamos <dp@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	patches@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regmap: Remove __attribute__ ((packed))

On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 01:36:40AM +0000, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 03:26:19PM +0000, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> > There is no point having this.  The space gains are trivial if there
> > are any at all.
> 
> Applied, but numbers would have been nice and...
> 
> > Change-Id: Ib4b1320420f780dcf5b9a1e4b05f5805691c4d9f
> 
> ...this shouldn't be in upstream submissions.

Oops, sorry for the Change-Id.

On my system there was no benefit of using it, it just happens
that the struct is aligned properly and needs no padding.

Thanks,
Dimitris
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