linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 2/8] staging: r8188eu: ensure mac address buffer is properly aligned

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Message-Id: <20210830121508.6411-3-straube.linux@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:15:02 +0200
From:   Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk, martin@...ser.cx,
        fmdefrancesco@...il.com, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 2/8] staging: r8188eu: ensure mac address buffer is properly aligned

Ensure the mac address buffer in struct eeprom_priv is properly
aligned for use with functions from <linux/etherdevice.h>.

Signed-off-by: Michael Straube <straube.linux@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
index 9f8a9c070339..fb591a764dac 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_eeprom.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct eeprom_priv {
 	u8		bautoload_fail_flag;
 	u8		bloadfile_fail_flag;
 	u8		bloadmac_fail_flag;
-	u8		mac_addr[6];	/* PermanentAddress */
+	u8		mac_addr[6] __aligned(2); /* PermanentAddress */
 	u16		channel_plan;
 	u8		EepromOrEfuse;
 	u8		efuse_eeprom_data[HWSET_MAX_SIZE_512] __aligned(4);
-- 
2.33.0