on the arm. Add an assert to ensure that the size is 8 to prefent others
from falling into this trap (we should have more of these).
Why the construct:
struct foo {
union bar {
struct {
...
} __packed fred;
...
} __packed wilma;
} __packed;
has a different packing than:
struct foo {
union bar {
struct {
...
} fred __packed;
...
} wilma __packed;
} __packed;
is beyond my ability to ferret out of the gcc documentation. Most
likely some subtle binding issue (eg before it says the struct itself
is packed, while after it means that the whole struct is packed into
the thing it is in). Pointers to relevant documentation would be
appreciated.
This will make a number of things easier in the future, as well as (finally!)
avoiding the Id-smashing problem which has plagued developers for so long.
Boy, I'm glad we're not using sup anymore. This update would have been
insane otherwise.
