netdev - Re: [RFC] Kernel unaligned access at __skb_flow

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:41:29 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Kernel unaligned access at __skb_flow_dissect

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:37:30 -0800

> But really adding unaligned() accesses in flow dissector would slow it
> quite a lot on MIPS and others.

Agreed, the fix definitely belongs in the callers of these interfaces,
which in this case is the driver.