[mpls-linux-general] ldp hello message padding

[a a <dre...@ho...>]

Hi!

I don't know where to post this message besides this forum...
I am about to create a midleware between an architecture/protocl named 
SelNet and MPLS.
In order to do this I need to hack some stuff with LDP and have therefore 
investigated mpls_linux and ldp_portable...

Now, I'm at the point where I'm about to start send ldp messages over the 
wire and I have gotten some strange problems here.

I.e. when I send a hello message a struct that should be 10 bytes becomes 12 
bytes due to padding to an even word-length...

Eg.
typedef struct test_s {
u_short16_t foo; // 2 bytes
u_short16_t bar; // 2 bytes
u_short16_t id; // 2 bytes
u_iint32_t whatever; // 4 bytes
} test_t;

// total size should be 10 bytes:

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  printf("sizeof(test_t): %d\n", sizeof(test_t)); // will print 
sizeof(test_t): 12
  return 0;
}


Do anyone know how to get around this stuff? Since it has been done in 
ldp_portable it should be a way, but I'm sorta stuck. :(

Pls help!
Sincerly,
Drew

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