$ cat a.c #include #include #include int main() { struct flock lock; printf("flock: %lu\n", sizeof(lock)); printf("flock.l_type: %lu @ %2lu\n", sizeof(lock.l_type ), offsetof(struct flock, l_type )); printf("flock.l_whence: %lu @ %2lu\n", sizeof(lock.l_whence), offsetof(struct flock, l_whence)); printf("flock.l_start: %lu @ %2lu\n", sizeof(lock.l_start ), offsetof(struct flock, l_start )); printf("flock.l_len: %lu @ %2lu\n", sizeof(lock.l_len ), offsetof(struct flock, l_len )); printf("flock.l_pid: %lu @ %2lu\n", sizeof(lock.l_pid ), offsetof(struct flock, l_pid )); return 0; } $ gcc -Wall a.c -o a && a flock: 32 flock.l_type: 2 @ 0 flock.l_whence: 2 @ 2 flock.l_start: 8 @ 8 flock.l_len: 8 @ 16 flock.l_pid: 4 @ 24