[alsa-devel] [PATCH v6 5/8] ALSA: Avoid using timespec for struct snd_rawmidi_status

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 9:26 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 21:04:10 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 12, 2019 at 5:38 PM Takashi Iwai <tiwai at suse.de> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 12 Nov 2019 16:16:39 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> > If you feel there is a problem with the padding syntax, how about enclosing
> > it in a typedef like:
> >
> > typedef struct { char pad[sizeof(time_t) - sizeof(int)]; } __time_pad;
> >
> > This typedef could be used in several structures from the other patches
> > as well.
>
> Yes, that improves the readability.

Ok, added this change to all instances, along with a description in
the changelog
when I add the typedef.

       Arnd