From: Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
Cc: Linux kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: drivers/block/ub.c
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 19:02:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040629170216.GJ4732@tpkurt.garloff.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040627142628.34b60c82.davem@redhat.com>
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Hi,
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 02:26:28PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 12:42:21 +0200
> Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org> wrote:
>
> > OK, then it shouldn't be used in this case. However, shouldn't we have
> > an attribute like __nopadding__ which does exactly that?
>
> It would have the same effect. CPU structure layout rules don't pack
> (or using other words, add padding) exactly in cases where it is
> needed to obtain the necessary alignment.
This is a compiler shortcoming then.
The compiler does know the requirements and should be able to determine
whether or not it would have addedd padding or not.
Regards,
--
Kurt Garloff <kurt@garloff.de> [Koeln, DE]
Physics:Plasma modeling <garloff@plasimo.phys.tue.nl> [TU Eindhoven, NL]
Linux: SUSE Labs (Head) <garloff@suse.de> [SUSE Nuernberg, DE]
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-06-29 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 71+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-26 20:06 drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-26 20:12 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-06-27 2:08 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-27 3:30 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-07-12 0:10 ` [usb-storage] drivers/block/ub.c Pat LaVarre
2004-06-26 20:35 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-26 21:41 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-26 21:56 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-26 22:07 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-26 22:36 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-26 23:20 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-27 4:31 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-27 6:34 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-27 10:42 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-27 21:26 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 14:15 ` drivers/block/ub.c Scott Wood
2004-06-28 20:25 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 20:48 ` drivers/block/ub.c Scott Wood
2004-06-28 20:58 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 20:50 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-06-28 20:59 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 21:01 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-28 23:52 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-06-28 20:57 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-28 21:03 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 21:18 ` drivers/block/ub.c Scott Wood
2004-06-28 22:22 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-28 22:31 ` drivers/block/ub.c Scott Wood
2004-06-28 22:40 ` drivers/block/ub.c Roland Dreier
2004-06-29 1:54 ` drivers/block/ub.c Robert White
2004-06-29 2:15 ` drivers/block/ub.c David S. Miller
2004-06-29 2:49 ` drivers/block/ub.c Robert White
2004-06-29 18:31 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andy Isaacson
2004-07-05 10:01 ` drivers/block/ub.c Roman Zippel
2004-06-29 7:12 ` drivers/block/ub.c Vojtech Pavlik
2004-06-29 1:39 ` drivers/block/ub.c Robert White
2004-06-29 17:02 ` Kurt Garloff [this message]
2004-06-26 22:54 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andries Brouwer
2004-06-26 22:59 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-26 23:08 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andries Brouwer
2004-06-27 5:04 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-27 14:08 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andries Brouwer
2004-06-27 14:24 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-27 15:19 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 15:45 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andries Brouwer
2004-06-28 23:58 ` drivers/block/ub.c Jeff Garzik
2004-06-28 0:10 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-28 16:01 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 15:23 ` drivers/block/ub.c Andries Brouwer
2004-06-27 16:11 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-26 22:46 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-27 3:52 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 4:05 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 5:02 ` drivers/block/ub.c Greg KH
2004-06-27 15:23 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 20:29 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-27 21:03 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-06-28 15:40 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-28 16:42 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-28 19:50 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 5:35 ` drivers/block/ub.c Matthew Dharm
2004-06-27 15:28 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-27 22:56 ` drivers/block/ub.c David Brownell
2004-06-27 23:43 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-28 15:05 ` drivers/block/ub.c David Brownell
2004-06-28 15:56 ` drivers/block/ub.c Alan Stern
2004-06-28 16:23 ` drivers/block/ub.c David Brownell
2004-06-28 16:46 ` drivers/block/ub.c Oliver Neukum
2004-06-28 17:13 ` drivers/block/ub.c David Brownell
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2004-06-27 23:57 ` drivers/block/ub.c Pete Zaitcev
2004-06-29 11:05 ` drivers/block/ub.c Jeff Garzik
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