netdev - Re: [PATCHv2 RFC net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in __vxlan_find

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Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 2015 22:23:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	joe@...ches.com
Cc:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	alexander.duyck@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 RFC net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access
 in __vxlan_find_mac

From: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 11:06:26 -0700

> As it's not fatal, naybe the sparc64 message should be
> KERN_DEBUG/pr_debug.

It's not fatal insofar as it doesn't crash the system.

But performance wise is _IS_ fatal, and I want the kernel to bark
at the user so that they report the issue or fix it sooner rather
than later.
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