linux-kernel - Re: brcmsmac: fix alignment constraints

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Date:   Mon,  8 Feb 2021 11:03:56 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <aspriel@...il.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Chi-hsien Lin <chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com>,
        Wright Feng <wright.feng@...ineon.com>,
        Chung-hsien Hsu <chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: brcmsmac: fix alignment constraints

Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> 
> sturct d11txh contains a ieee80211_rts structure, which is required to
> have at least two byte alignment, and this conflicts with the __packed
> attribute:
> 
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/d11.h:786:1: warning: alignment 1 of 'struct d11txh' is less than 2 [-Wpacked-not-aligned]
> 
> Mark d11txh itself as having two-byte alignment to ensure the
> inner structure is properly aligned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

38eb712ada24 brcmsmac: fix alignment constraints

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-wireless/patch/20210204162852.3219572-1-arnd@kernel.org/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches