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authorUlf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>2017-08-18 14:05:10 +0200
committerMark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>2017-09-20 21:40:31 +0200
commit17d7194d291bf91d130b78e06cbe27b290e0376d (patch)
tree6197e445e38169e4672b80072dccabcca8d54dde /libdw/memory-access.h
parentb10d7eb74064c5906f031cd17c0f82041c6a4ca1 (diff)
downloadelfutils-17d7194d291bf91d130b78e06cbe27b290e0376d.tar.gz
Make sure packed structs follow the gcc memory layout
gcc defaults to using struct layouts that follow the native conventions, even if __attribute__((packed)) is given. In order to get the layout we expect, we need to tell gcc to always use the gcc struct layout, at least for packed structs. To do this, we can use the gcc_struct attribute. This is important, not only for porting to windows, but also potentially for other platforms, as the bugs resulting from struct layout differences are rather subtle and hard to find. Signed-off-by: Ulf Hermann <ulf.hermann@qt.io>
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libdw/memory-access.h b/libdw/memory-access.h
index a749b5a9..afb651fc 100644
--- a/libdw/memory-access.h
+++ b/libdw/memory-access.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ union unaligned
int16_t s2;
int32_t s4;
int64_t s8;
- } __attribute__ ((packed));
+ } attribute_packed;
# define read_2ubyte_unaligned(Dbg, Addr) \
read_2ubyte_unaligned_1 ((Dbg)->other_byte_order, (Addr))