Re: [PATCH 1/1] [usb/host]: use get/put_unaligned_* helpers to fix more potential unaligned issues.

[Bryan Wu]

On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Oliver Neukum wrote:
>>
>> Am Donnerstag 15 Mai 2008 08:19:24 schrieb Bryan Wu:
>>>
>>> --- a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hub.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-hub.c
>>> @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int uhci_hub_control(struct usb_hcd *hcd, u16
>>> typeReq, u16 wValue,
>>>        switch (typeReq) {
>>>          case GetHubStatus:
>>> -               *(__le32 *)buf = cpu_to_le32(0);
>>> +               put_unaligned_le32(0, buf);
>>
>> What is supposed to make all these changes a good idea?
>>
> Since buf might not be 4-byte aligned.
>

And this change follows Harvey Harrison's patch's style:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=a5abdeafedf722b0f3f357f4a23089a686b1b80d

-Bryan
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