Re: kern/39897: sizeof(struct gpt_hdr);

[Jason Thorpe <thorpej%shagadelic.org@localhost>]

On Nov 11, 2008, at 3:55 PM, David Laight wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:00:01PM +0000, jakllsch%kollasch.net@localhost wrote:
> > > Synopsis:       sizeof(struct gpt_hdr); is "wrong" on amd64
>
> > Perhaps add a '__packed' attribute to the GPT structures.
>
> There is a typedef for a 64bit int with 32bit alignment somewhere.
> That is better than applying packed to the entire structure.

No, there's not.

The problem is likely due to the fact that the struct has 3 uint32_t's  
at the end, rather than 2 or 4.

>         David
>
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> David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost

-- thorpej