Re: [PATCH RESEND] block: store GPT attributes as a raw value

[Davidlohr Bueso]

On 2026-09-08 11:58, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> struct _gpt_entry_attributes currently models the GPT partition entry
> attributes field with bitfields. This is broken on machines using the
> __BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD ABI because GPT always stores the attributes on
> disk as a 64-bit little-endian.
>
> No current code consumes individual fields from that structure. So just
> remove struct _gpt_entry_attributes entirely and replace it by an 
> __le64
> value in struct _gpt_entry instead. This lets users apply endian-aware
> masks explicitly when inspecting attribute bits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>