Re: [PATCH 9/9] batman-adv: Use packing of 2 for all headers before an ethernet header

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Agree. But we should get this message also to the other guys

What message would this be?
Are you advocating a different use of #pragma pack()?


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-----Original Message-----
From: Sven Eckelmann [mailto:sven-KaDOiPu9UxWEi8DpZVb4nw@public.gmane.org] 
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Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH 9/9] batman-adv: Use packing of 2 for all headers before an ethernet header

On Wednesday 21 November 2012 12:57:59 David Miller wrote:

From: Antonio Quartulli <redacted>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:11:59 +0100

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+#pragma pack(2)

 ...

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-} __packed;

The __packed attribute is an abstraction of the actual syntax the 
compiler uses, if it is supported at all.

Therefore, you can't just unconditionally use the #pragma, and you 
would need to use some kind of similar compiler abstraction for it.

But to be honest this is really ugly and for very little, if any, 
gain.

Agree. But we should get this message also to the other guys

$ git grep pragma -- drivers/net
drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h:#pragma pack(8) drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs_cna.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs_cna.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs_mfg_comm.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfa_defs_mfg_comm.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi_cna.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi_cna.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi_enet.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/bfi_enet.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/cna.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/brocade/bna/cna.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.h:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qla3xxx.h:#pragma pack() drivers/net/wan/farsync.c:#pragma pack(1) drivers/net/wan/farsync.c:#pragma pack()

Kind regards,
	Sven