Re: [Tinycc-devel] HELP: __attribute__ ((packed)) confusion

[Dave Dodge]

On Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 01:55:40AM -0800, Christopher Dobbs wrote:
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> This structure as shown above, compiles under gcc at 512 bytes, but no 
> matter what I try, I get 516 bytes under tcc.

For this code:

#define PACKED __attribute__ ((__packed__))

typedef struct {                        // 512 byte header                    
 unsigned char PACKED bc[3];                  // Boot Code Signature          
 unsigned char PACKED signature[8];           // signature string "LIBV10"    
 unsigned long PACKED dir;                    // offset of first dir block    
 unsigned long PACKED freechain;              // offset of first block        
 unsigned long PACKED eof;                    // offset of end of freechain   
 unsigned char PACKED label[41];              // Volume Label                 
 unsigned long PACKED attr;                   // Volume Attributes            
 char          PACKED passcode[16];           // Volume Password              
 unsigned char PACKED fill[428];              // Filler                       
} header;

I get sizeof(header) as 512 under tcc 0.9.22.  I have a couple of small
patches applied to tcc but they shouldn't affect packing/alignment.
If you're having problems, try printing the offsetof() each field and see
where it doesn't match the requested alignment.

                                                  -Dave Dodge