Sizeof(struct) call returns invalid struct size

[halfro]

I am writing down the structure representing the user descriptor value 0x2904:

Reference is here:https://www.bluetooth.com/specification ... format.xml

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typedef struct
{
    uint8_t _format;
    int8_t _exponent;
    uint16_t _unit;
    uint8_t _namespace;
    uint16_t _description;
} presentation_t;

I initialise it as below as an example:

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static presentation_t utf8_presentation = 
{
    ._format=25,
    ._exponent=0,
    ._unit=0,
    ._namespace=0,
    ._description=0,
};

I pass it to a gatt attribute table as below:

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    [USAGE_IDX_DISPLAY_STRING_CFG_1]     	=    
    {{ESP_GATT_AUTO_RSP}, {ESP_UUID_LEN_16, (uint8_t *)&usage_character_char_presentation_uuid, ESP_GATT_PERM_READ,
     sizeof(utf8_presentation),sizeof(utf8_presentation), (uint8_t *)&utf8_presentation}}

When I debug and check the size returned by the sizeof operator I obtain 8 bytes instead of 7. The same also reflects on nrf-connect app(Incorrect data length,7 bytes expected). Any reason for this? My local idf repo is at v3.0-dev

[halfro]

Solved it. Its due to padding.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/119 ... ach-member

[halfro]

Appropriate definition:

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typedef struct
{
    uint8_t _format;
    int8_t _exponent;
    uint16_t _unit;
    uint8_t _namespace;
    uint16_t _description;
} __attribute__ ((packed)) presentation_t;