Re: [PATCH] echi: remove structure packing from ehci_def

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Hello.

Rabin Vincent wrote:

As pointed out by Arnd Bergmann, in include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h, struct
ehci_caps is defined with __attribute__((packed)) for no good reason,

   You're talking only of one structure here, yet you're changing several...

and this triggers undefined behaviour when using ARM's readl() on
pointers to elements of this structure:

http://lkml.kernel.org/r/201102021700.20683.arnd@xxxxxxxx

Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h b/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
index e49dfd4..7879943 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct ehci_caps {
 #define HCC_PGM_FRAMELISTLEN(p) ((p)&(1 << 1))  /* true: periodic_size changes*/
 #define HCC_64BIT_ADDR(p)       ((p)&(1))       /* true: can use 64-bit addr */
 	u8		portroute[8];	 /* nibbles for routing - offset 0xC */
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+};
/* Section 2.3 Host Controller Operational Registers */
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct ehci_regs {
 #define PORT_CSC	(1<<1)		/* connect status change */
 #define PORT_CONNECT	(1<<0)		/* device connected */
 #define PORT_RWC_BITS   (PORT_CSC | PORT_PEC | PORT_OCC)
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+};
#define USBMODE 0x68 /* USB Device mode */
 #define USBMODE_SDIS	(1<<3)		/* Stream disable */
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct ehci_dbg_port {
 	u32	data47;
 	u32	address;
 #define DBGP_EPADDR(dev, ep)	(((dev)<<8)|(ep))
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+};
#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
 #include <linux/init.h>

WBR, Sergei
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