On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 10:58:35AM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> > +struct eeprom_data {
> > + uint8_t eeprod_id;
> > +
> > + uint8_t revision[3];
> > + uint32_t serialnr;
> > + uint8_t board_model;
> > + char hw_name[6];
> > +
> > + uint8_t reserved;
> > +
> > + __be16 prod_date;
> > + __be16 rep_date;
> > +
> > + uint8_t reserved2[4];
> > +};
>
> And what if the compiler reorders?
It's not allowed to reorder, but it can add padding wherever it wants
to, which if this is a on-device structure, can cause problems. Use
__packed to prevent that.
thanks,
greg k-h
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