Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] hpsa: use __packed on individual structs, not header-wide

Martin K. Petersen
2021-04-02T03:54:48Z

On Tue, 30 Mar 2021 08:19:56 +0100, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:

> Some of the structs contain `atomic_t` values and are not intended to be
> sent to IO controller as is.
>
> The change adds __packed to every struct and union in the file.
> Follow-up commits will fix `atomic_t` problems.
>
> The commit is a no-op at least on ia64:
> $ diff -u <(objdump -d -r old.o) <(objdump -d -r new.o)

Applied to 5.12/scsi-fixes, thanks!

[1/3] hpsa: use __packed on individual structs, not header-wide
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/5482a9a1a8fd
[2/3] hpsa: fix boot on ia64 (atomic_t alignment)
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/02ec144292bc
[3/3] hpsa: add an assert to prevent from __packed reintroduction
https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/e01a00ff62ad

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering