linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] connector: improved unaligned access error fix

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:45:49 -0700
From:	Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@...hat.com>
To:	Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com>
Cc:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>, Erik Jacobson <erikj@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, zaitcev@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] connector: improved unaligned access error fix

On Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:09:21 -0500
Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...era.com> wrote:

> -	__u8 buffer[CN_PROC_MSG_SIZE];
> +	__u8 buffer[CN_PROC_MSG_SIZE] __aligned(8);

> -	msg = (struct cn_msg *)buffer;
> +	msg = buffer_to_cn_msg(buffer);
>  	ev = (struct proc_event *)msg->data;
>  	memset(&ev->event_data, 0, sizeof(ev->event_data));

Why is memset(buffer,0,CN_PROC_MSG_SIZE) not acceptable?

-- Pete
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