netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: define __packed for the userspace code

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Message-ID: <AANLkTin1BOgHBc4sTwFAmQhKFNvZ+90herc4Dsh9P8y2@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sun, 22 Aug 2010 19:23:42 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: define __packed for the userspace code

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com> wrote:
> This commit
>
>  commit bc10502dba37d3b210efd9f3867212298f13b78e
>  Author: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>  Date:   Thu Jun 3 03:21:52 2010 -0700
>
>    net: use __packed annotation
>
> makes use of __packed in the userspace code. So we'd better define __packed
> for the userspace code too.
>

Oh, sorry. This patch can't work as include/linux/compiler.h isn't
exported to the userspace. But where should we define __packed for the
userspace code? include/linux/types.h?


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Regards,
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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