linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] r8169: Avoid pointer aliasing

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Date:   Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:49:45 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Paul Zimmerman <pauldzim@...il.com>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] r8169: Avoid pointer aliasing

On Tue, 2019-02-05 at 20:25 -0700, Paul Zimmerman wrote:
> GCC does not lay out stack variables in the same order that they are
> declared.

True. Most stack variables could be assigned to a register.

cheers, Joe