Re: [PATCH] net: nixge: Add __packed attribute to DMA descriptor struct

[David Miller]

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:13:55 -0700

> How could padding be inserted given than all of the structure members
> are naturally aligned (all u32 type). Compiler bug?

Agreed, this looks completely unnecessary.

__packed should only be used when absolutely necessary because using
it generates less efficient code on some architectures.