Re: [Qemu-devel] [patch] add byteordered types

[Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>]

Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
> Paul Brook wrote:
>> On Wednesday 27 August 2008, Gerd Hoffmann wrote:
>>> +typedef struct { uint16_t le; } le16;
>> This won't do what you expect on some targets. In particular older ARM targets 
>> align all structs to a word (4-byte) boundary.
> 
> Is this a default which can be changed by adding alignment atttributes?

... like this:

-typedef struct { uint16_t le; } le16;
+typedef struct { uint16_t le; } le16 __attribute__((__aligned__(2)));

Is the size if the struct padded to 4 bytes too (i.e. do I need packed too)?

cheers,
  Gerd