netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] netlink: fix test alignment in nla_align

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Date:	Wed, 20 Apr 2016 12:14:56 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, tgraf@...g.ch, jhs@...atatu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/4] netlink: fix test alignment in
 nla_align_64bit()

Le 20/04/2016 11:57, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
> On Wed, 2016-04-20 at 11:44 +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> Le 20/04/2016 11:33, Eric Dumazet a écrit :
>> [snip]
>>> How have you tested your patch exactly ?
>> As stated in the cover letter, I didn't test it.
>
>
> You certainly can test this, by tweaking HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
> and adding another assertion in the code.
>
> By testing it you would have caught a real bug, since David incorrectly
> used HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS instead of
> CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
>
> ;)
Héhé, good catch :)