linux-kernel - Re: [net-next 1/6] net: marvell: prestera: Add driver for Prestera family ASIC devices

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Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 17:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     vadym.kochan@...ision.eu
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, idosch@...lanox.com,
        andrew@...n.ch, oleksandr.mazur@...ision.eu,
        serhiy.boiko@...ision.eu, serhiy.pshyk@...ision.eu,
        volodymyr.mytnyk@...ision.eu, taras.chornyi@...ision.eu,
        andrii.savka@...ision.eu, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mickeyr@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 1/6] net: marvell: prestera: Add driver for Prestera
 family ASIC devices

Please remove all of the __packed attributes.

I looked at your data structures and all of them use fixed sized types
and are multiples of 4 so the __packed attribute is completely
unnecessary.

The alignment attribute is also unnecessary so please remove that too.