linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: calculate header alignment mask based on features

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Message-ID: <96f6d774-457e-4bdf-a0b1-eb6f64b99a46@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:18:46 +0100
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>, Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Cc: xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com, eperezma@...hat.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch,
 davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
 virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: calculate header alignment mask based on
 features

On 10/28/25 3:38 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> So how about just fixing the root cause then?
> Like this (untested, if you agree pls take over this):
> 
> ---
> 
> virtio_net: fix alignment for virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash
> 
> 
> changing alignment of header would mean it's no longer safe to cast a 2
> byte aligned pointer between formats. Use two 16 bit fields to make it 2
> byte aligned as previously.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

FWIW, I like this solution. With the u16/u32 change, feel free to add:

Acked-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>