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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members |
| Date | 2026-08-23 07:53 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <864igkzy58.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>
>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a test program:
>>>>>
>>>>> #include <stdio.h>
>>>>> #include <stddef.h>
>>>>> int main(void) {
>>>>> struct s1 { unsigned char bf:1; unsigned char c; };
>>>>> struct s2 { unsigned short bf:1; unsigned char c; };
>>>>> struct s3 { unsigned int bf:1; unsigned char c; };
>>>>> struct s4 { unsigned long bf:1; unsigned char c; };
>>>>> struct s5 { unsigned long long bf:1; unsigned char c; };
>>>
>>> FWIW, adding GCC's __attribute__((packed)) to each of those, we
>>> see:
>>>
>>>> type size offset struct-size
>>>> unsigned char 1 1 2
>>>> unsigned short 2 1 2
>>>> unsigned int 4 1 4
>>>> unsigned long 8 1 8
>>>> unsigned long long 8 1 8
>>>
>>> type size offset struct-size
>>> unsigned char 1 1 2
>>> unsigned short 2 1 2
>>> unsigned int 4 1 2
>>> unsigned long 8 1 2
>>> unsigned long long 8 1 2
>>>
>>> Which doesn't seem to violate the ABI rules you quoted.
>>
>> That's good to know I guess, although I'm not sure what it
>> tells me. My impression is that using attribute__((packed))
>> produces code that may be less portable than not using it.
>> Generally I try to write code that avoids compiler-specific
>> constructs whenever feasible.
>
> I generally only use the packed attribute when creating
> a C struct to match a hardware register, data structure or
> data packet.
I would use the packed attribute if it were necessary to conform
to some externally imposed layout, such as a hardware register or
network packet. I don't know of any cases were it is necessary.
Maybe the data formats you need to match are more exotic than
ones I am used to. Can you give an example of a format where the
format cannot be matched using only language features available
in standard C?
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Storage needed when there are bit-field members Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-06-28 09:42 -0700
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 18:06 -0700
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-06-28 20:20 -0700
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-08-14 14:56 -0700
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-14 22:30 +0000
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-08-15 16:10 -0700
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-16 15:20 +0000
Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-08-23 07:53 -0700
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Re: Storage needed when there are bit-field members scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-21 15:41 +0000
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Re: Microcontroller software stacks Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-08-23 07:56 -0700
Re: Microcontroller software stacks David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-08-23 17:37 +0200
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Re: Microcontroller software stacks scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-23 16:08 +0000
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