moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk said:
+ * This macro should be used for accessing values larger in size than single
+ * bytes at locations that may be improperly aligned, e.g. retrieving a u16
+ * value from a location not u16-aligned.
I'd suggest s/that may be/that are expected to be/
If it's _expected_, then by all means use {get,put}_unaligned(). If it's
normally going to be aligned, and it _may_ occasionally be otherwise, let
the common case go fast, and let the fixup handle it otherwise.
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