Adam Nemet <ane...@caviumnetworks.com> writes:
> struct s
> {
> char a:4;
> char b:8;
> char c:4;
> } __attribute__ ((packed))
>
> is 3 bytes long because b gets pushed to the next byte boundary.Sounds like a bug. > The reason for this behavior is that finish_struct does not propagate packed > to fields whose type has alignment <= BITS_PER_UNIT: This was introduced for PR 21166. I think you're right that the alignment check should be ignored if the bitfield is a bitfield. Ian
