linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix xfs_dir2_sf_entry

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 14:58:00 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:     Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
        linux-xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix xfs_dir2_sf_entry_t size check

On Mon, Jan 13, 2020 at 02:55:15PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> With ARM OABI (which you get when EABI is disabled), structures are padded
> to multiples of 32 bits. See commits 8353a649f577 ("xfs: kill
> xfs_dir2_sf_off_t")
> and aa2dd0ad4d6d ("xfs: remove __arch_pack"). Those could be partially
> reverted to fix it again, but it doesn't seem worth it as there is
> probably nobody
> running XFS on OABI machines (actually with the build failure we can
> be fairly sure there isn't ;-).

Or just try adding a __packed to the xfs_dir2_sf_entry definition?