> From: Andre Muezerie [mailto:andre...@linux.microsoft.com] > Sent: Monday, 23 December 2024 20.12 > > Ensure __rte_packed_begin and __rte_packed_end show up in pairs > when checking patches. > > Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andre...@linux.microsoft.com> > Acked-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roret...@linux.microsoft.com> > ---
With GCC, __rte_packed could also be used with enums [1], to reduce their size. The release notes coming with this patch series should mention that this is no longer possible. Suggest that this script also checks that __rte_packed_begin is not preceded by "enum" (and whitespace). (A structure packed with __rte_packed_begin might also be __rte_aligned(), and these two attributes may come in any order, so checking for "struct"+whitespace would introduce an ordering requirement for these two attributes.) [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Common-Type-Attributes.html#index-packed-type-attribute
