https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=67246
--- Comment #9 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- (In reply to Jeff Hansen from comment #8) > Why would this be a bug in the kernel? > > Why is gcc trying to load a word or short when it's a 4-bit bitfield?? So > you're recommending that we add __attribute__((packed)) to the struct? Is > there any other way/option to change this behavior? Because it is sometimes more efficent to use a wider access than a narrorer one for bitfields. There is no other option since the original struct is 4 byte aligned.
