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

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Message-Id: <20150721.001256.2277736594553600193.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:12:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	therbert@...gle.com, marcelo.leitner@...il.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, tgraf@...g.ch, jiri@...nulli.us,
	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

From: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 09:54:50 +0200

> 
> __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>
> ---
> v2: Alexander Duyck comments: place eth_addr[] to be 64b aligned

Applied, thanks.
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