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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Yi Sun <yi.sun@intel.com>
Cc: dave.jiang@intel.com, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com,
	vkoul@kernel.org, dmaengine@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gordon.jin@intel.com,
	yi.sun@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dma/idxd: Remove __packed from structures
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:51:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Z9vzM7UedzpkdHKZ@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250320081807.3688123-1-yi.sun@intel.com>

On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 04:18:07PM +0800, Yi Sun wrote:
> The __packed attribute introduces potential unaligned memory accesses
> and endianness portability issues. Instead of relying on compiler-specific
> packing, it's much better to explicitly fill structure gaps using padding
> fields, ensuring natural alignment.
> 
> Since all previously __packed structures already enforce proper alignment
> through manual padding, the __packed qualifiers are unnecessary and can be
> safely removed.

FWIW,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2025-03-20 10:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-03-20  8:18 [PATCH] dma/idxd: Remove __packed from structures Yi Sun
2025-03-20 10:51 ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2025-03-20 15:22 ` Dave Jiang
2025-03-20 15:45   ` Andy Shevchenko
2025-04-02 20:47 ` Fenghua Yu

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