linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in __vxlan_find

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Message-ID: <20150720080440.GA2162@nanopsycho.orion>
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:04:40 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, therbert@...gle.com,
	marcelo.leitner@...il.com, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
	tgraf@...g.ch, jbenc@...hat.com, azhou@...ira.com, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in
 __vxlan_find_mac

Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:54:50AM CEST, sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com wrote:
>
>__vxlan_find_mac invokes ether_addr_equal on the eth_addr field,
>which triggers unaligned access messages, so rearrange vxlan_fdb
>to avoid this in the most non-intrusive way.
>
>Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>


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