commit 4bb47b625ca28c29a078eb266e86c652936da6ce
author Peter Mitsis <peter.mitsis@windriver.com> Tue May 26 14:23:06 2015 -0400
committer Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com> Fri Feb 05 20:14:13 2016 -0500
tree d4ec0cf1d058c9bb30f8f51dc767d3cf652961bc
parent 5c892eecccca1e487493a5553bf158c0da99d16a

Add __aligned(x) and __packed macros to GCC toolchain

The names "__aligned(x)" and "__packed" are more generic than ALIGN_STRUCT(x)
and PACK_STRUCT respectively and are to be used in their stead.

NOTE: ALIGN_STRUCT(x) and PACK_STRUCT are now considered obsolete.

Change-Id: Ic5e859092643dde53bb8fa1117c6d877c2c4296f
Signed-off-by: Peter Mitsis <peter.mitsis@windriver.com>

include/toolchain/gcc.h

diff --git a/include/toolchain/gcc.h b/include/toolchain/gcc.h
index 6212ce0..e9b167f 100644
--- a/include/toolchain/gcc.h
+++ b/include/toolchain/gcc.h
@@ -99,9 +99,17 @@
 
 #define _GENERIC_SECTION(segment) __attribute__((section(#segment)))
 
+/*
+ * Do not use either PACK_STRUCT or ALIGN_STRUCT(x).
+ * Use __packed or __aligned(x) instead.
+ */
+
 #define PACK_STRUCT     __attribute__((__packed__))
 #define ALIGN_STRUCT(x) __attribute__((aligned(x)))
 
+#define __packed        __attribute__((__packed__))
+#define __aligned(x)    __attribute__((aligned(x)))
+
 #define ARG_UNUSED(x) (void)(x)
 
 #define likely(x)   __builtin_expect((long)!!(x), 1L)