netdev - Re: [PATCH] netfilter: fix unaligned memory access in tcp

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Message-ID: <49C78518.2010106@trash.net>
Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:48:24 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	mhw@...ris.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netfilter: fix unaligned memory access in tcp_sack

David Miller wrote:
> From: "Mark H. Weaver" <mhw@...ris.org>
> Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 23:09:51 -0400
> 
>> This patch fixes an unaligned memory access in tcp_sack while reading
>> sequence numbers from TCP selective acknowledgement options.  Prior to
>> applying this patch, upstream linux-2.6.27.20 was occasionally
>> generating messages like this on my sparc64 system:
>>
>>   [54678.532071] Kernel unaligned access at TPC[6b17d4] tcp_packet+0xcd4/0xd00
>>
>> More details provided upon request.  Apologies in advance if I've sent
>> this to the wrong place or not followed proper procedures.
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Looks good to me. Dave, please apply directly or pull from:

git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-2.6.git

Thanks!
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