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

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 13:24:16 -0400
From:   Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:     Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.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 (09/20/16 19:09), Jiri Benc wrote:
> 
> But the point stands, we have much greater problems here than VXLAN.
> And I don't think that wrapping all IP address accesses into
> get/put_unaligned all around the stack is the solution.
> 

Agreed, and I think Tom made that point too. 
For the immediate pain, Hannes' suggestion of making vxlanhdr
__packed takes care of the noise from vxlan_build_skb, so I will
spin out a v2 that takes care of this one, at least.

--Sowmini