Re: [PATCH] xfs: mark xfs_dir2_sf_entry_t as __packed again

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Mar 04, 2019 at 08:36:47PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> For ARM OABI builds, we run into a compile time assertion:
> 
> inlined from 'init_xfs_fs' at /git/arm-soc/fs/xfs/xfs_super.c:1991:2:
> fs/xfs/xfs_ondisk.h:119:208: error: call to '__compiletime_assert_119' declared with attribute error: XFS: sizeof(xfs_dir2_sf_entry_t) is wrong, expected 3
> 
> While ARM OABI is pretty much dead and fails to build for typical
> configurations on modern architectures (ARMv6 or higher), and has
> been declared deprecated in user space since gcc-4.6, the kernel
> still allows it to used for building the kernel.
> 
> In commit 8353a649f577 ("xfs: kill xfs_dir2_sf_off_t"), Christoph
> removed the old __arch_pack annotation that made it possible to
> build xfs with oddball ABIs. However, OABI not only requrires
> padding around short structure but still adds padding after this
> change. There is no harm to unconditionally mark the structure as
> __packed now, and that will do the right thing here.
> 
> As of commit aa2dd0ad4d6d ("xfs: remove __arch_pack"), we need to
> use __packed here as well, instead of the old __arch_pack.

I don't think we want more __packed attributes than required.  Given
how dead OABI is can we just have XFS depend on !OABI?