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SubjectRe: [PATCH] drivers: staging: lustre: lustre: include: add "__attribute__((packed))" for the related union
On 01/18/2014 10:24 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 06:26:10PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>> On 01/18/2014 06:05 PM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 05:50:34PM +0800, Chen Gang wrote:
>>>> Unfortunately, not all compilers assumes the structures within a pack
>>>> region also need be packed (e.g. metag), so need add a pack explicitly
>>>> to satisfy all compilers.
>>>>
>>>> The related error (under metag with allmodconfig):
>>>>
>>>> CC [M] drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.o
>>>> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c: In function 'lov_getstripe':
>>>> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c:630: error: duplicate case value
>>>> drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/lov/lov_pack.c:630: error: previously used here
>>>>
>>>> And originally, all related code used "__attribute__((packed))", so
>>>> still use it instead of '__packed'.
>>>
>>> Use __packed. Then at least one line will be correct which is better
>>> than nothing.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm... but that will break the 'consistency' (which is not quite good
>> for readers).
>>
>> For me, it will be better to provide another patch to change all
>> "__attribute__((packed))" to "__packed" within this file.
>>
>> What about your ideas?
>>
>
> In the end, it's not something we care about enough to ask you to redo
> the patch. But what I'm saying is that you should prefer kernel style
> over local style. We'll fix the surrounding lines later.
>

OK, thanks, and also thank James and "./scripts/checkpatch.pl" who/which
also mentioned about it to me.


BTW: this patch is related with another patch which is discussing (so I
have cc that patch to you and Greg too): "if we could sure that it is a
compiler's feature issue, we will skip this patch".


Thanks
--
Chen Gang

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