Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 15 Apr 2015 23:08:36 +0200 | From | Mateusz Kulikowski <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 10/21] staging: rtl8192e: replace memcpy() -> ether_addr_copy_unaligned() |
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On 14.04.2015 10:00, Dan Carpenter wrote: > BAReq->addr1 is part of struct rtllib_hdr_2addr. It's 4 bytes into > the struct so it's fine. You're right - should I explicitly add __aligned() in such places or just leave comment in that case (for future commiters)?
> I sort of like the ether_addr_copy_unaligned() macro because it would > let us silence some checkpatch false positives because otherwise people > will eventually introduce bugs like a dripping roof leak will eventually > destroy a building. But it should be in the main kernel header with a > name like that. And also this is misleading that we are using it for > data which is aligned.
Is it ok if I do following steps for v3: - Align eth addresses that can be aligned (at least one structure - rtllib_rxb can't be aligned) - Apply eth_addr_copy where possible - Discuss and try to submit ether_addr_copy_unaligned on netdev list - If they reject the change - rename macro to something less confusing (rtllib_something)
Regards and thanks for reviews, Mateusz
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