Using the __packed directive for a structure that does not need it is wrong because it makes gcc generate suboptimal code on some architectures. Hence remove the __packed directive from the blk_zone_report structure definition. See also http://digitalvampire.org/blog/index.php/2006/07/31/why-you-shouldnt-use-__attribute__packed/. Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxx> Cc: Matias Bjorling <mb@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h b/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h index e3c70fe6bf0f..ff5a5db8906a 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/blkzoned.h @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct blk_zone_report { __u32 nr_zones; __u8 reserved[4]; struct blk_zone zones[0]; -} __packed; +}; /** * struct blk_zone_range - BLKRESETZONE ioctl request -- 2.17.0