netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in __vxlan_find

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Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:07:34 -0300
From:	Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
To:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, therbert@...gle.com,
	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, tgraf@...g.ch, jiri@...nulli.us,
	jbenc@...hat.com, azhou@...ira.com, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/vxlan: Fix kernel unaligned access in
 __vxlan_find_mac

On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:54:50AM +0200, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> 
> __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>

Reviewed-by: Marcelo Ricardo Leitner <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>

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