From: Andrzej Pietrasiewicz
> Sent: 02 July 2014 12:20
> To: linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; Michal Nazarewicz; Felipe Balbi; Greg 
> Kroah-Hartman; Marek Szyprowski
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] usb: gadget: f_fs: OS descriptors support
> 
> W dniu 02.07.2014 13:04, Peter Stuge pisze:
> > Andrzej Pietrasiewicz wrote:
> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/usb/functionfs.h
> >> @@ -33,6 +32,42 @@ struct usb_endpoint_descriptor_no_audio {
> > ..
> >> +/* MS OS Extended Compatibility Descriptor header */
> >> +struct usb_ext_compat_desc_header {
> >> +  struct  usb_os_desc_header header;
> >> +  __u8    bCount;
> >> +  __u8    Reserved;
> >> +} __attribute__((packed));
> >> +
> >> +struct usb_ext_compat_desc {
> >> +  __u8    bFirstInterfaceNumber;
> >> +  __u8    Reserved1;
> >> +  __u8    CompatibleID[8];
> >> +  __u8    SubCompatibleID[8];
> >> +  __u8    Reserved2[6];
> >> +};
> >
> > Shouldn't usb_ext_compat_desc be packed too, like all the others?
> >
> Good catch, thanks!

In this case it is completely pointless - all the fields are byte aligned.

Alternatively it shouldn't be 'packed', and a full audit of the
other structures done to determine which ones can ever be misaligned
and then determine whether that should actually be allowed.

        David



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