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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bt8xx: unaligned access
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On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 01:43 +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 05:38:43PM -0700, Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > > - type = be16_to_cpup((u16*)(ee+4));
> > > + type = get_unaligned_be16((__be16 *)(ee+4));
> >
> > The casts aren't strictly necessary here. Any reason to keep it?
>
> I'd rather have them explicit *and* make get_unaligned_* take the pointer
> of right type, so that it'd eat things like void * and __be16 *, but warn
> on int * et.al. One too many brainos seen in that area...

You want me to patch the unaligned guys to take typed pointers and
follow it through? Or do you mind?

Cheers,

Harvey



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