linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: lustre: lustre: include: add "__attribute_

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Message-ID: <20140120130116.GW7444@mwanda>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jan 2014 16:01:16 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, andreas.dilger@...el.com,
	Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@...il.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, bergwolf@...il.com,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	oleg.drokin@...el.com, jacques-charles.lafoucriere@....fr,
	jinshan.xiong@...el.com, linux-metag@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: staging: lustre: lustre: include: add
 "__attribute__((packed))" for the related union

Are you sure it's padding the unions, and not just treating the unions
as structs?  What is the size of this union?

union a {
	int x;
	short y;
};

regards,
dan carpenter
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