linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: dbg_ini: fix structure packing

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 20:28:06 +0200
From:   Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
        Gregory Greenman <gregory.greenman@...el.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...nel.org>,
        Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Shahar S Matityahu <shahar.s.matityahu@...el.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Mukesh Sisodiya <mukesh.sisodiya@...el.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iwlwifi: dbg_ini: fix structure packing

On Fri, 2023-06-16 at 11:03 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> 
> As the original intention was apparently to make the entire structure
> unaligned, mark the innermost members the same way so the union
> becomes packed as well.

Hm. Not sure exactly what you mean by that, but shouldn't we make that
"union { ... } __packed"?

johannes