netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] eth: Rename and properly align br_reserved

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Date:	Sun, 4 Nov 2012 12:42:19 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
Cc:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/3] eth: Rename and properly align
 br_reserved_address array

On Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:33:55 -0700
John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com> wrote:

> On 11/1/2012 12:12 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Since this array is no longer part of the bridge driver, it should
> > have an 'eth' prefix not 'br'.
> >
> > We also assume that either it's 16-bit-aligned or the architecture has
> > efficient unaligned access.  Ensure the first of these is true by
> > explicitly aligning it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
> > ---
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Acked-by: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@...el.com>
> 

I wonder if aligning to 64 bit and doing 64 bit read
and mask would be trivially more efficient for this.
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