linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 001/146] mac80211: fix fast

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:54:16 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>,
	Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 001/146] mac80211: fix fast_tx header alignment

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>

commit 6fe04128f158c5ad27e7504bfdf1b12e63331bc9 upstream.

The header field is defined as u8[] but also accessed as struct
ieee80211_hdr. Enforce an alignment of 2 to prevent unnecessary
unaligned accesses, which can be very harmful for performance on many
platforms.

Fixes: e495c24731a2 ("mac80211: extend fast-xmit for more ciphers")
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@....name>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 net/mac80211/sta_info.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.h
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ struct ieee80211_fast_tx {
 	u8 sa_offs, da_offs, pn_offs;
 	u8 band;
 	u8 hdr[30 + 2 + IEEE80211_FAST_XMIT_MAX_IV +
-	       sizeof(rfc1042_header)];
+	       sizeof(rfc1042_header)] __aligned(2);
 
 	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 };