Re: [PATCH] wl3501: fix alignment constraints

From: Kalle Valo
Date: Mon Feb 08 2021 - 06:42:31 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>
> struct wl3501_80211_tx_hdr contains a ieee80211_hdr structure, which is
> required to have at least two byte alignment, and this conflicts with
> the __packed attribute:
>
> wireless/wl3501.h:553:1: warning: alignment 1 of 'struct wl3501_80211_tx_hdr' is less than 2 [-Wpacked-not-aligned]
>
> Mark wl3501_80211_tx_hdr itself as having two-byte alignment to ensure the
> inner structure is properly aligned.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

fb1bc2ce3a55 wl3501: fix alignment constraints

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