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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgunthorpe-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
To: Shamir Rabinovitch
	<shamir.rabinovitch-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Leon Romanovsky <leon-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-rdma-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	yishaih-VPRAkNaXOzVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org,
	dledford-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org,
	sean.hefty-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org,
	hal.rosenstock-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] IB/mlx4: Unaligned access in send_reply_to_slave
Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 11:07:33 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160517170733.GD19976@obsidianresearch.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160517083710.GA14673-wNzywhU3BCWJbeQQAEUYZUB3C2bhBk7L0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 11:37:11AM +0300, Shamir Rabinovitch wrote:

> Comments are more then welcome..

Something like this should fix it with less overhead:

struct ib_sa_mcmember_data {
[..]
} __packed __aligned(4);

Which tells the compiler the structure is only aligned on dword
boundaries. It will then emit the proper architecture dependent
unaligned read for the 8 byte values.

Jason
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-05-17 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-05-17  5:16 [PATCH v2 1/1] IB/mlx4: Unaligned access in send_reply_to_slave shamir.rabinovitch-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA
     [not found] ` <1463462198-15674-1-git-send-email-shamir.rabinovitch-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-17  7:39   ` Leon Romanovsky
     [not found]     ` <20160517073940.GF4662-2ukJVAZIZ/Y@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-17  8:37       ` Shamir Rabinovitch
     [not found]         ` <20160517083710.GA14673-wNzywhU3BCWJbeQQAEUYZUB3C2bhBk7L0E9HWUfgJXw@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-17 17:07           ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
     [not found]             ` <20160517170733.GD19976-ePGOBjL8dl3ta4EC/59zMFaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
2016-05-18  8:39               ` Shamir Rabinovitch

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