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Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries
From: |
Andrew Clausen |
Subject: |
Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries |
Date: |
Sat, 16 Mar 2002 12:01:17 +1100 |
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Mutt/1.3.17i |
On Sat, Mar 16, 2002 at 12:40:31AM +0000, Richard Hirst wrote:
> Another possible option is to simply remove the ((packed)) attribute
> from the struct definition:
>
> typedef struct {
> uint32_t time_low;
> uint16_t time_mid;
> uint16_t time_hi_and_version;
> uint8_t clock_seq_hi_and_reserved;
> uint8_t clock_seq_low;
> uint8_t node[6];
> } __attribute__ ((packed)) efi_guid_t;
>
> I don't see why that struct needs the attribute anyway; the members are
> sorted largest first so I wouldn't expect any padding. If I remove it,
> then gcc sticks a .align 4 before it, and everything appears to be
> happy. I'll look more closely at that approach over the weekend.
I think ARM's ABI defines everything to be 32bit aligned.
(Where can I check?)
Actually, I think parted breaks on ARM due to gcc bugs ATM. (Can
someone check?)
Anyway, I don't trust compilers, unless some language lawyer can
prove that it will always work without ((packed)).
Even if the lawyer can prove it, it still seems better (in general)
to put the ((packed)) thing in, to document that we ARE worried
about the physical layout of the struct. (We could comment that
out in this case, because it tickles a gcc bug, but that's how
I would prefer to do it, anyway)
BTW, what is the bug exactly?
Andrew
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, (continued)
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andrew Clausen, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andreas Dilger, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andrew Clausen, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andreas Dilger, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andrew Clausen, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/18
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/18
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andrew Clausen, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries,
Andrew Clausen <=
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andrew Clausen, 2002/03/15
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Richard Hirst, 2002/03/18
- Re: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Andreas Dilger, 2002/03/18
RE: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Matt_Domsch, 2002/03/15
RE: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Matt_Domsch, 2002/03/18
RE: gcc bug causes parted to write bad GPT entries, Matt_Domsch, 2002/03/18