Platforms have different alignment requirements which need to be
fulfilled by the compiler. If the structure elements are already
4 byte (NLMGS_ALIGNTO) aligned by the compiler adding an explicit
padding element (align_rta) is not allowed.
Use __attribute__ ((aligned (NLMSG_ALIGNTO))) in order to achieve
the required alignment.
Experienced on ARM (xscale) with symptom
netlink: 12 bytes leftover after parsing attributes
Tested on:
ARM (32bit Big Endian)
PowerPC (32bit Big Endian)
x86_64 (64bit Little Endian)
Each with different aligment requirments.
Signed-off-by: Lutz Jaenicke <ljaenicke@innominate.com>
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