netdev - Re: [PATCH V3.18] rtlwifi: Fix possible unaligned array in ether_addr

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Date:	Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:00:19 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	Larry.Finger@...inger.net
Cc:	linville@...driver.com, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	troy_tan@...lsil.com.cn, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3.18] rtlwifi: Fix possible unaligned array in
 ether_addr_copy()

From: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Date: Wed,  8 Oct 2014 12:44:55 -0500

> Two macros used to copy BSSID information use ether_addr_copy(), thus
> the arrays must be 2-byte aligned. In one case, the array could become
> unaligned if the struct containing it were changed. Use the __unaligned(2)
> attribute to retain the necessary alignment. In addition, the magic number
> used to specify the size of the array is replaced by ETH_ALEN.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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