weird padding in linux/timex.h, struct timex

[Muli Ben-Yehuda]

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Hi,=20

struct timex in include/linux/timex.h is defined as=20

struct timex=20
{
	...
	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
};=20

I assume that this is used as padding. Is there any reason for using
bitfields as padding? If there is, a comment to that effect would be
nice. If there isn't, the following patch makes the padding explicit.=20

--- 2.4.19-vanilla/include/linux/timex.h	Sun Aug  4 19:16:59 2002
+++ 2.4.19-mx/include/linux/timex.h	Tue Aug  6 13:49:32 2002
@@ -182,9 +182,7 @@
 	long errcnt;            /* calibration errors (ro) */
 	long stbcnt;            /* stability limit exceeded (ro) */
=20
-	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
-	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
-	int  :32; int  :32; int  :32; int  :32;
+	char __pad[12 * 4];     /* padding */=20
 };
=20
 /*

--=20
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