[PATCH] etherdevice: Add ether_addr_copy_unaligned

[Mateusz Kulikowski]

Some drivers require copying unaligned ethernet addresses.
Using memcpy() causes checkpatch warnings and may cause
regressions (someone will "fix" alignment of packed structure)

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/etherdevice.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 606563e..681874f 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -244,6 +244,22 @@ static inline void ether_addr_copy(u8 *dst, const u8 *src)
 }
 
 /**
+ * ether_addr_copy_unaligned - Copy unaligned Ethernet address
+ * @dst: Pointer to a six-byte array Ethernet address destination
+ * @src: Pointer to a six-byte array Ethernet address source
+ *
+ * Please note: Use only when any Ethernet address may not be u16 aligned.
+ */
+static inline void ether_addr_copy_unaligned(u8 *dst, const u8 *src)
+{
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
+	ether_addr_copy(dst, src);
+#else
+	memcpy(dst, src, ETH_ALEN);
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
  * eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
  * @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
  * @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from
-- 
1.8.4.1

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