linux-kernel - [PATCH] virtio_gpio: drop packed attribute

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Date:   Mon, 1 Nov 2021 05:11:25 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>,
        Viresh Kumar <vireshk@...nel.org>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] virtio_gpio: drop packed attribute

Declaring the struct packed here is mostly harmless,
but gives a bad example for people to copy.
As the struct is packed and aligned manually,
let's just drop the attribute.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpio.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpio.h
index 0445f905d8cc..25c95a034674 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_gpio.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct virtio_gpio_config {
 	__le16 ngpio;
 	__u8 padding[2];
 	__le32 gpio_names_size;
-} __packed;
+};
 
 /* Virtio GPIO Request / Response */
 struct virtio_gpio_request {
-- 
MST