Re: ipt_physdev.c alignment problems on parisc64

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:42:17 +0200
Bart De Schuymer <bdschuym@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Also, adding attributes to user exported structures would need
> > to be done _very_ carefully, as compilation when using such
> > gcc extensions will fail when the user uses '-ansi' on the
> > compiler command line.
> 
> Now why on Earth would I have to bother with some luser doing this? I'm not 
> the slave of annoying users.

Because you can make his life simpler merely by adding the right
__extension__() around the attribute designation, just like glibc
does in it's headers.  It takes nearly no effort on your part and
makes life simpler for everyone writing userspace programs.