netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net/vxlan: Avoid unaligned access in vxlan_build

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Message-ID: <20160920191559.09c85ca7@griffin>
Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 19:15:59 +0200
From:   Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
To:     Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        hannes@...essinduktion.org, aduyck@...antis.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net/vxlan: Avoid unaligned access in
 vxlan_build_skb()

On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:07:42 -0400, Sowmini Varadhan wrote:
> I will try out Hannes' solution (which makes sense) in a moment, 
> and report back.

No objections to marking the struct as packed. Will only push the
problem to a different place, though.

 Jiri