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Message-ID: <52DA56C2.5010802@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jan 2014 18:26:10 +0800
From:	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, andreas.dilger@...el.com,
	bergwolf@...il.com, jinshan.xiong@...el.com, oleg.drokin@...el.com,
	jacques-charles.lafoucriere@....fr, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>,
	linux-metag@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: lustre: lustre: include: add "__attribute__((packed))"
 for the related union

On 01/18/2014 06:05 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 05:50:34PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> Unfortunately, not all compilers assumes the structures within a pack
>> region also need be packed (e.g. metag), so need add a pack explicitly
>> to satisfy all compilers.
>>
>> The related error (under metag with allmodconfig):
>>
>>     CC [M]  drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.o
>>   drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c: In function 'lov_getstripe':
>>   drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c:630: error: duplicate case value
>>   drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c:630: error: previously used here
>>
>> And originally, all related code used "__attribute__((packed))", so
>> still use it instead of '__packed'.
> 
> Use __packed.  Then at least one line will be correct which is better
> than nothing.
> 

Hmm... but that will break the 'consistency' (which is not quite good
for readers).

For me, it will be better to provide another patch to change all
"__attribute__((packed))" to "__packed" within this file.

What about your ideas?


Thanks.
-- 
Chen Gang

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