RE: [PATCH 1/5] Fix packed and aligned attribute warnings.

From: David Laight
Date: Mon Jul 31 2017 - 09:27:58 EST


From: SZ Lin
> Sent: 29 July 2017 08:24
...
> diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
> index 91dfe766d080..9f708ca3dc84 100644
> --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
> +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.h
> @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct ibmvtpm_crq {
> __be16 len;
> __be32 data;
> __be64 reserved;
> -} __attribute__((packed, aligned(8)));
> +} __packed __aligned(8);

You can't need __packed and __aligned(8) on that structure.
There are no gaps and you are saying it is always aligned.

So just remove the pointless attributes.

David