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Message-ID: <20231013111505.GE29570@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 13 Oct 2023 13:15:05 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>
To:     Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@...vell.com>
Cc:     pabeni@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, egallen@...hat.com,
        hgani@...vell.com, kuba@...nel.org, mschmidt@...hat.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, sedara@...vell.com, vburru@...vell.com,
        vimleshk@...vell.com
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH v2] octeon_ep: pack hardware structures

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:40:26PM -0700, Shinas Rasheed wrote:
> Add packed attribute to structures correlating to hardware
> data, as padding is not allowed by hardware.

Hi Shinas,

in the v1 you stated that this is bot a bugfix.
So I am assuming, that by some happy coincidence,
the layout of the structures is the same before and after
this patch. And this patch is thus a cleanup.

If so I think it would be worth noting in the patch description.

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