linux-kernel - [PATCH] net: nixge: Add __packed attribute to DMA descriptor struct

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Date:   Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:54:53 -0700
From:   Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     keescook@...omium.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] net: nixge: Add __packed attribute to DMA descriptor struct

Add __packed attribute to DMA descriptor structure  in order to
make sure that the DMA engine's alignemnt requirements are met.

Fixes commit 492caffa8a1a ("net: ethernet: nixge: Add support for
National Instruments XGE netdev")
Signed-off-by: Moritz Fischer <mdf@...nel.org>
---

Hi David,

this addresses an issue where padding occured breaking the alignment
in the array the descriptors are allocated in coherent memory.
This was discovered when we tried to bring up the driver via a PCIe
bridge on x86.

Thanks,

Moritz

---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
index 09f674ec0f9e..fea0e994324b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ni/nixge.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ struct nixge_hw_dma_bd {
 	u32 sw_id_offset;
 	u32 reserved5;
 	u32 reserved6;
-};
+} __packed;
 
 struct nixge_tx_skb {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-- 
2.17.1