Bug 45202 - xf86vmproto.h xXF86VidModeModeInfo hskew B16
Summary: xf86vmproto.h xXF86VidModeModeInfo hskew B16
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Protocol/Core (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: x86 (IA32) All
: high normal
Assignee: Jamey Sharp
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
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Whiteboard: 2012BRB_Reviewed
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-01-24 16:06 UTC by Kevin Ryde
Modified: 2018-08-10 19:55 UTC (History)
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Description Kevin Ryde 2012-01-24 16:06:26 UTC
(Is component "Other" right for extension protocol stuff, or is it "Protocol/Core"?)

Nosing around xf86vmproto.h I saw the xXF86VidModeModeInfo struct has its hskew field as

    CARD32	hskew B16;

Is it supposed to be B32?  The B macros are empty except on Cray are they?  Perhaps it doesn't make a difference, or perhaps it lets the compiler bit field packing leak out ... I couldn't tell.

I wondered too if the "pad1" field there is supposed to be 32-bits.  gcc reports unexpressed alignment padding after "pad1" before "flags".

    gcc -Wpadded -x c -fsyntax-only /usr/include/X11/extensions/xf86vmproto.h
    =>
    /usr/include/X11/extensions/xf86vmproto.h:169:12: warning: padding struct to align 'flags' [-Wpadded]

Was hskew going to be 16 then became 32 and pad1 not updated, or something?
Comment 1 Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia 2012-06-12 03:31:24 UTC
Jamey, would you mind looking into this?
Comment 2 Adam Jackson 2018-06-12 19:09:37 UTC
Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.
Comment 3 Kevin Ryde 2018-06-16 06:31:25 UTC
I'm confident CARD32 shouldn't be bitfield B16.  Compilers needing bitfield help like that are likely to be slowly reducing, but if the B are going to be there then they may as well be right.

The gcc invocation I reported still gives the same warning at the same line (debian i386 32-bit gcc 7.3).
Comment 4 Alan Coopersmith 2018-06-16 15:43:07 UTC
Compilers that use this are completely gone since Cray support was removed.
<X11/Xmd.h> now just defines them to nothing:
# define B32 /* bitfield not needed on architectures with native 32-bit type */
# define B16 /* bitfield not needed on architectures with native 16-bit type */

It does look like pad1 is a mistake though, and the compatible fix would be
declaring it 32-bit even though we wouldn't a 32-bit pad there if it was being
done from scratch today.
Comment 5 GitLab Migration User 2018-08-10 19:55:14 UTC
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