I'm writing some software where each bit must be exact(it's for the CPU) so __packed is very important.
typedef union{
uint32_t raw;
struct{
unsigned int present:1;
unsigned int rw:1;
unsigned int user:1;
unsigned int dirty:1;
unsigned int free:7;
unsigned int frame:20;
} __packed;
}__packed page_union_t;
that is my structure and union. It does not work however:
page_union_t p; //.....
//This:
p.frame=trg_page;
p.user=user;
p.rw=rw;
p.present=present;
//and this:
p.raw=trg_page<<12 | user<<2 | rw<<1 | present;
should create the same uint32. But they do not create the same thing.
Is there something I can not see that is wrong with my union?
Your struct has only 31 bits