pack-bitmap: do not use gcc packed attribute

The "__attribute__" flag may be a noop on some compilers.
That's OK as long as the code is correct without the
attribute, but in this case it is not. We would typically
end up with a struct that is 2 bytes too long due to struct
padding, breaking both reading and writing of bitmaps.

Instead of marshalling the data in a struct, let's just
provide helpers for reading and writing the appropriate
types. Besides being correct on all platforms, the result is
more efficient and simpler to read.

Signed-off-by: Karsten Blees <blees@dcon.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/pack-bitmap.h b/pack-bitmap.h
index 8b7f4e9f0d..487600b18c 100644
--- a/pack-bitmap.h
+++ b/pack-bitmap.h
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@
 #include "khash.h"
 #include "pack-objects.h"
 
-struct bitmap_disk_entry {
-	uint32_t object_pos;
-	uint8_t xor_offset;
-	uint8_t flags;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
 struct bitmap_disk_header {
 	char magic[4];
 	uint16_t version;