linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/amdgpu: Properly tune the size of struct

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2023 10:44:57 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To:     Su Hui <suhui@...china.com>
Cc:     alexander.deucher@....com, airlied@...il.com, Xinhui.Pan@....com,
        daniel@...ll.ch, David.Francis@....com, Jane.Jian@....com,
        Bokun.Zhang@....com, monk.liu@....com,
        amd-gfx@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/amd/amdgpu: Properly tune the size of struct

On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 10:37:59AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> "Mark the associated types properly packed individually, rather than
> use the disgusting "pragma pack()" that should never be used."
> 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sparse/CAHk-=wi7jGZ+bVbt-UfXOkpEQdHzF3Z2HBjkGdjh8q4dvPPGWQ@mail.gmail.com/

Marking the structs packed could be very simple.

regards,
dan carpenter

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgv_sriovmsg.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgv_sriovmsg.h
index 104a5ad8397d..e29dae04f7e5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgv_sriovmsg.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgv_sriovmsg.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ struct amd_sriov_msg_pf2vf_info {
 	uint32_t pcie_atomic_ops_support_flags;
 	/* reserved */
 	uint32_t reserved[256 - AMD_SRIOV_MSG_PF2VF_INFO_FILLED_SIZE];
-};
+} __packed;
 
 struct amd_sriov_msg_vf2pf_info_header {
 	/* the total structure size in byte */
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct amd_sriov_msg_vf2pf_info {
 	struct {
 		uint8_t id;
 		uint32_t version;
-	} ucode_info[AMD_SRIOV_MSG_RESERVE_UCODE];
+	} __packed ucode_info[AMD_SRIOV_MSG_RESERVE_UCODE];
 	uint64_t dummy_page_addr;
 
 	/* reserved */