Re: [PATCH] scsi: lpfc: fix lpfc_name struct packing

[Martin K. Petersen]

On Fri, 16 Jun 2023 11:06:56 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> clang points out that the lpfc_name structure has an 8-byte alignement requirement
> on most architectures, but is embedded in a number of other structures that are
> forced to be only 1-byte aligned:
> 
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw.h:1516:30: error: field pe within 'struct lpfc_fdmi_reg_port_list' is less aligned than 'struct lpfc_fdmi_port_entry' and is usually due to 'struct lpfc_fdmi_reg_port_list' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
>         struct lpfc_fdmi_port_entry pe;
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw.h:850:19: error: field portName within 'struct _ADISC' is less aligned than 'struct lpfc_name' and is usually due to 'struct _ADISC' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw.h:851:19: error: field nodeName within 'struct _ADISC' is less aligned than 'struct lpfc_name' and is usually due to 'struct _ADISC' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw.h:922:19: error: field portName within 'struct _RNID' is less aligned than 'struct lpfc_name' and is usually due to 'struct _RNID' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
> drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hw.h:923:19: error: field nodeName within 'struct _RNID' is less aligned than 'struct lpfc_name' and is usually due to 'struct _RNID' being packed, which can lead to unaligned accesses [-Werror,-Wunaligned-access]
> 
> [...]

Applied to 6.5/scsi-queue, thanks!

[1/1] scsi: lpfc: fix lpfc_name struct packing
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/00c2cae6b66a

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering