[PATCH v5 11/14] eal: expand most macros to empty when using MSVC

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 00:41:54 +0200
Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com> wrote:

> > > > > >  /**
> > > > > >   * Force a structure to be packed
> > > > > >   */
> > > > > > +#ifndef RTE_TOOLCHAIN_MSVC
> > > > > >  #define __rte_packed __attribute__((__packed__))
> > > > > > +#else
> > > > > > +#define __rte_packed
> > > > > > +#endif  

Could there be cases this gets used for protocol headers or interacting with
HW memory map, And if not packed then the code will not function correctly?