netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: cpsw: avoid alignment faults by taking NET_IP

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Date:   Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:20:10 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, arnd@...db.de,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, grygorii.strashko@...com,
        ilias.apalodimas@...aro.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: cpsw: avoid alignment faults by taking NET_IP_ALIGN
 into account

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:22:04 +0100 you wrote:
> Both versions of the CPSW driver declare a CPSW_HEADROOM_NA macro that
> takes NET_IP_ALIGN into account, but fail to use it appropriately when
> storing incoming packets in memory. This results in the IPv4 source and
> destination addresses to appear misaligned in memory, which causes
> aligment faults that need to be fixed up in software.
> 
> So let's switch from CPSW_HEADROOM to CPSW_HEADROOM_NA where needed.
> This gets rid of any alignment faults on the RX path on a Beaglebone
> White.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: cpsw: avoid alignment faults by taking NET_IP_ALIGN into account
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1771afd47430

You are awesome, thank you!
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