Re: [PATCH 1/1] [net/irda]: Fix a misalign access issue.

[Marcel Holtmann]

Hi Bryan,

> From: Graf Yang <graf.yang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Graf Yang <graf.yang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  net/irda/discovery.c |    8 +++++---
>  net/irda/irlmp.c     |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/irda/discovery.c b/net/irda/discovery.c
> index bfacef8..a6f99b5 100644
> --- a/net/irda/discovery.c
> +++ b/net/irda/discovery.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
>  
>  #include <net/irda/discovery.h>
>  
> +#include <asm/unaligned.h>
> +
>  /*
>   * Function irlmp_add_discovery (cachelog, discovery)
>   *
> @@ -87,7 +89,7 @@ void irlmp_add_discovery(hashbin_t *cachelog, discovery_t *new)
>  			 */
>  			hashbin_remove_this(cachelog, (irda_queue_t *) node);
>  			/* Check if hints bits are unchanged */
> -			if(u16ho(node->data.hints) == u16ho(new->data.hints))
> +			if (get_unaligned((__u16 *)node->data.hints) == get_unaligned((__u16 *)new->data.hints))
>  				/* Set time of first discovery for this node */
>  				new->firststamp = node->firststamp;
>  			kfree(node);
> @@ -281,9 +283,9 @@ struct irda_device_info *irlmp_copy_discoveries(hashbin_t *log, int *pn,
>  		/* Mask out the ones we don't want :
>  		 * We want to match the discovery mask, and to get only
>  		 * the most recent one (unless we want old ones) */
> -		if ((u16ho(discovery->data.hints) & mask) &&
> +		if ((get_unaligned((__u16 *)discovery->data.hints) & mask) &&
>  		    ((old_entries) ||
> -		     ((jiffies - discovery->firststamp) < j_timeout)) ) {
> +		     ((jiffies - discovery->firststamp) < j_timeout))) {
>  			/* Create buffer as needed.
>  			 * As this function get called a lot and most time
>  			 * we don't have anything to put in the log (we are
> diff --git a/net/irda/irlmp.c b/net/irda/irlmp.c
> index 1f81f8e..7b95cd6 100644
> --- a/net/irda/irlmp.c
> +++ b/net/irda/irlmp.c
> @@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ discovery_t *irlmp_get_discovery_response(void)
>  
>  	IRDA_ASSERT(irlmp != NULL, return NULL;);
>  
> -	u16ho(irlmp->discovery_rsp.data.hints) = irlmp->hints.word;
> +	put_unaligned(irlmp->hints.word, (__u16 *)irlmp->discovery_rsp.data.hints);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 *  Set character set for device name (we use ASCII), and

what about net/irda/irnet/irnet_irda.c and why not also kill the u16ho
macro at the same time.

Regards

Marcel


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