netdev - [PATCHv2 RFC net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in __vxlan_find

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Message-ID: <20150717200031.GB30336@oracle.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Jul 2015 22:00:31 +0200
From:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com, alexander.duyck@...il.com,
	davem@...emloft.net
Subject: [PATCHv2 RFC net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in
 __vxlan_find_mac


__vxlan_find_mac invokes ether_addr_equal on the eth_addr field,
which triggers unaligned access messages, so rearrange vxlan_fdb
to avoid this in the most non-intrusive way.

Signed-off-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
---
v2: Alexander Duyck comments: make eth_addr[] 64b aligned.

 drivers/net/vxlan.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 34c519e..ec86a11 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ struct vxlan_fdb {
 	unsigned long	  updated;	/* jiffies */
 	unsigned long	  used;
 	struct list_head  remotes;
+	u8		  eth_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 	u16		  state;	/* see ndm_state */
 	u8		  flags;	/* see ndm_flags */
-	u8		  eth_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 };
 
 /* Pseudo network device */
-- 
1.7.1

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