Re: [net PATCH 2/2] net: dsa: qca8k: fix ethtool autocast mib for big-endian systems

[Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>]

>  	struct qca8k_priv *priv = ds->priv;
>  	const struct qca8k_mib_desc *mib;
>  	struct mib_ethhdr *mib_ethhdr;
> -	int i, mib_len, offset = 0;
> -	u64 *data;
> +	__le32 *data2;
>  	u8 port;
> +	int i;
>  
>  	mib_ethhdr = (struct mib_ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
>  	mib_eth_data = &priv->mib_eth_data;
> @@ -1532,28 +1532,24 @@ static void qca8k_mib_autocast_handler(struct dsa_switch *ds, struct sk_buff *sk
>  	if (port != mib_eth_data->req_port)
>  		goto exit;
>  
> -	data = mib_eth_data->data;
> +	data2 = (__le32 *)skb->data;
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < priv->info->mib_count; i++) {
>  		mib = &ar8327_mib[i];
>  
>  		/* First 3 mib are present in the skb head */
>  		if (i < 3) {
> -			data[i] = mib_ethhdr->data[i];
> +			mib_eth_data->data[i] = le32_to_cpu(mib_ethhdr->data[i]);
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		mib_len = sizeof(uint32_t);
> -
>  		/* Some mib are 64 bit wide */
>  		if (mib->size == 2)
> -			mib_len = sizeof(uint64_t);
> -
> -		/* Copy the mib value from packet to the */
> -		memcpy(data + i, skb->data + offset, mib_len);
> +			mib_eth_data->data[i] = le64_to_cpu(*(__le64 *)data2);
> +		else
> +			mib_eth_data->data[i] = le32_to_cpu(*data2);

Are there any alignment guarantees? The old memcpy did not care if the
source has oddly alignment. But when you start dereferencing a pointed,
you need to be sure those pointers are aligned. You might want to use
get_unaligned_le32 and get_unaligned_le64.

	   Andrew