From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/17] bootconfig: use __packed macro for struct xbc_node
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:18:22 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260315171822.aa9074468302841d17c56826@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260314230155.155777-12-objecting@objecting.org>
On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 23:01:49 +0000
Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org> wrote:
> Replace the open-coded __attribute__((__packed__)) with the kernel
> __packed macro for consistency with the rest of the kernel.
NACK. Since I made this header to be shared with user tool.
As you sent in [14/17], this just breaks tools/bootconfig.
Thanks,
>
> Signed-off-by: Josh Law <objecting@objecting.org>
> ---
> include/linux/bootconfig.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bootconfig.h b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
> index 25df9260d206..c37e0096c4f1 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bootconfig.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
> @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct xbc_node {
> uint16_t child;
> uint16_t parent;
> uint16_t data;
> -} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
> +} __packed;
>
> #define XBC_KEY 0
> #define XBC_VALUE (1 << 15)
> --
> 2.34.1
>
--
Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-15 8:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-14 23:01 [PATCH v4 00/17] bootconfig: fixes, cleanups, and modernization Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 01/17] lib/bootconfig: add missing __init annotations to static helpers Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 02/17] lib/bootconfig: fix typo "initiized" in xbc_root_node() kerneldoc Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:17 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 03/17] lib/bootconfig: fix typo "uder" in xbc_node_find_next_leaf() Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 04/17] lib/bootconfig: add blank line before xbc_get_info() kerneldoc Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 05/17] lib/bootconfig: fix inconsistent if/else bracing Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 06/17] lib/bootconfig: narrow flag parameter type from uint32_t to uint16_t Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 07/17] lib/bootconfig: fix inconsistent if/else bracing in __xbc_add_key() Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:20 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 08/17] lib/bootconfig: fix off-by-one in xbc_verify_tree() next node check Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:19 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 09/17] lib/bootconfig: increment xbc_node_num after node init succeeds Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:16 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 10/17] lib/bootconfig: drop redundant memset of xbc_nodes Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 11/17] bootconfig: use __packed macro for struct xbc_node Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:18 ` Masami Hiramatsu [this message]
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 12/17] bootconfig: constify xbc_calc_checksum() data parameter Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 13/17] lib/bootconfig: replace linux/kernel.h with specific includes Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 14/17] bootconfig: add __packed definition to tools/bootconfig shim header Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:18 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 15/17] lib/bootconfig: validate child node index in xbc_verify_tree() Josh Law
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 16/17] lib/bootconfig: check xbc_init_node() return in override path Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:29 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-14 23:01 ` [PATCH v4 17/17] tools/bootconfig: fix fd leak in load_xbc_file() on fstat failure Josh Law
2026-03-15 8:16 ` Masami Hiramatsu
2026-03-15 8:30 ` [PATCH v4 00/17] bootconfig: fixes, cleanups, and modernization Masami Hiramatsu
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