From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
To: b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org
Cc: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Subject: [PATCH batadv 2/2] batman-adv: ensure u16 aligned mac address in structs
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:14:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260822-mac-u16-alignment-v1-2-bafa0040ada7@narfation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260822-mac-u16-alignment-v1-0-bafa0040ada7@narfation.org>
An u8 array in structures have a natural alignment of only 1 byte. An
u8[ETH_ALEN] array must therefore be assumed to only be 1 byte aligned. But
many etherdevices.h functions are requiring a 2 byte (u16) alignment.
All these addresses were either on the start of a struct or after a struct
member which required at least an alignment of 2 byte. Still, annote all
u8[ETH_ALEN] arrays on the stack as __aligned(2) to make sure that this
assumption isn't broken by other modifications inside the structs.
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
---
net/batman-adv/types.h | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 9bdc5a3e..c4bfd4cd 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ struct batadv_orig_bat_iv {
*/
struct batadv_orig_node {
/** @orig: originator ethernet address */
- u8 orig[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 orig[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @ifinfo_list: list for routers per outgoing interface */
struct hlist_head ifinfo_list;
@@ -634,12 +634,12 @@ struct batadv_hardif_neigh_node {
struct hlist_node list;
/** @addr: the MAC address of the neighboring interface */
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/**
* @orig: the address of the originator this neighbor node belongs to
*/
- u8 orig[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 orig[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @if_incoming: pointer to incoming hard-interface */
struct batadv_hard_iface *if_incoming;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ struct batadv_neigh_node {
#endif
/** @addr: the MAC address of the neighboring interface */
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @ifinfo_list: list for routing metrics per outgoing interface */
struct hlist_head ifinfo_list;
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ struct batadv_neigh_ifinfo {
*/
struct batadv_bcast_duplist_entry {
/** @orig: mac address of orig node originating the broadcast */
- u8 orig[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 orig[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @crc: crc32 checksum of broadcast payload */
u32 crc;
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ struct batadv_priv_bla {
struct batadv_hashtable *backbone_hash;
/** @loopdetect_addr: MAC address used for own loopdetection frames */
- u8 loopdetect_addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 loopdetect_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/**
* @loopdetect_lasttime: time when the loopdetection frames were sent
@@ -1352,7 +1352,7 @@ struct batadv_tp_vars_common {
struct batadv_priv *bat_priv;
/** @other_end: mac address of remote */
- u8 other_end[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 other_end[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @session: TP session identifier */
u8 session[2];
@@ -1765,7 +1765,7 @@ struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw {
* @orig: originator address of backbone node (mac address of primary
* iface)
*/
- u8 orig[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 orig[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @vid: vlan id this gateway was detected on */
unsigned short vid;
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw {
*/
struct batadv_bla_claim {
/** @addr: mac address of claimed non-mesh client */
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @vid: vlan id this client was detected on */
unsigned short vid;
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ struct batadv_bla_claim {
*/
struct batadv_tt_common_entry {
/** @addr: mac address of non-mesh client */
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @vid: VLAN identifier */
unsigned short vid;
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ struct batadv_tt_req_node {
/**
* @addr: mac address of the originator this request was sent to
*/
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @issued_at: timestamp used for purging stale tt requests */
unsigned long issued_at;
@@ -1959,7 +1959,7 @@ struct batadv_tt_req_node {
*/
struct batadv_tt_roam_node {
/** @addr: mac address of the client in the roaming phase */
- u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ u8 addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
/** @vid: VLAN identifier */
u16 vid;
@@ -2204,7 +2204,7 @@ struct batadv_hw_addr {
struct hlist_node list;
/** @addr: the MAC address of this list entry */
- unsigned char addr[ETH_ALEN];
+ unsigned char addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
};
/**
--
2.47.3
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