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SubjectRe: [PATCH] usbnet: smsc95xx: simplify tx_fixup code
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From: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2018 17:56:02 +0100

> - memcpy(skb->data, &tx_cmd_a, 4);
> + ptr = skb_push(skb, 8);
> + tx_cmd_a = cpu_to_le32(tx_cmd_a);
> + tx_cmd_b = cpu_to_le32(tx_cmd_b);
> + memcpy(ptr, &tx_cmd_a, 4);
> + memcpy(ptr+4, &tx_cmd_b, 4);

Even a memcpy() through a void pointer does not guarantee that gcc will
not emit word sized loads and stores.

You must use the get_unaligned()/put_unaligned() facilities to do this
properly.

I also agree that making a proper type and structure instead of using
a void pointer would be better.

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