netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] r8169: Avoid pointer aliasing

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Date:   Mon, 04 Feb 2019 19:20:40 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     thierry.reding@...il.com
Cc:     hkallweit1@...il.com, andrew@...n.ch, nic_swsd@...ltek.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] r8169: Avoid pointer aliasing

From: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Feb 2019 17:42:13 +0100

> @@ -7316,7 +7325,7 @@ static int rtl_get_ether_clk(struct rtl8169_private *tp)
>  static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
>  {
>  	const struct rtl_cfg_info *cfg = rtl_cfg_infos + ent->driver_data;
> -	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(4) = {};
> +	u8 mac_addr[ETH_ALEN] = {};
>  	struct rtl8169_private *tp;

I agree with Heiner, you have to provide at least 2 byte alignment for this
buffer due to the reasons he stated.