On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 11:03:25AM +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote: > On 03.02.2021 06:51, Roy Marples wrote: > > Module Name: src > > Committed By: roy > > Date: Wed Feb 3 05:51:40 UTC 2021 > > > > Modified Files: > > src/sys/net: if_arp.h if_ether.h if_gre.h > > src/sys/netinet: if_ether.h igmp.h in.h ip.h ip6.h ip_carp.h ip_icmp.h > > ip_mroute.h ip_var.h tcp.h tcp_debug.h tcp_var.h udp.h udp_var.h > > > > Log Message: > > Remove __packed from various network structures > > > > They are already network aligned and adding the __packed attribute > > just causes needless compiler warnings about accssing members of packed > > objects. > > > > This changes the ABI for userland programs. With __packed, these > structures, whenever contain at least 2-byte data, can be placed in a > different location inside another structure now.
It doesn't break any of *our* ABI contracts. I also refuse us to be taken hostage here for any (hypothetical) user program exposing internals of the network stack on ABI boundaries. There is a very real price for the __packed and *any* fix for the misuse has the same ABI impacts. Joerg
