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Bug#414932: Info received (Bug#414932: linux-image-2.6.18-4-ixp4xx: xfs partition from x86 system can not be used on arm)



Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

Yep.  Padding rules on old-ABI ARM systems are 'special', but still
spec-compliant.  See:

Thanks, I've read up a bit since, and I think I grok it now :)

So, adding __attribute__((packed)) to xfs_dir2_sf_off_t, xfs_dir2_sf_hdr_t, and perhaps also xfs_dir2_sf_entry_t might fix things?

The xfstest suite is pretty good, if anyone would like to run through it on arm with the above packed structures...

-Eric



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