Re: [PATCH 1/6] input: bcm5974: Prepare for a new trackpad headertype

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:23:44 +0100 "Henrik Rydberg" <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> static int report_tp_state(struct bcm5974 *dev, int size)
>  {
>  	const struct bcm5974_config *c = &dev->cfg;
> -	const struct tp_finger *f = dev->tp_data->finger;
> +	const struct tp_finger *f;
>  	struct input_dev *input = dev->input;
> -	const int fingers = (size - 26) / 28;
> -	int raw_p, raw_w, raw_x, raw_y;
> +	int raw_p, raw_w, raw_x, raw_y, raw_n;
>  	int ptest = 0, origin = 0, nmin = 0, nmax = 0;
>  	int abs_p = 0, abs_w = 0, abs_x = 0, abs_y = 0;
>  
> -	if (size < 26 || (size - 26) % 28 != 0)
> +	if (size < c->tp_offset || (size - c->tp_offset) % SIZEOF_FINGER != 0)
>  		return -EIO;
>  
> +	f = (const struct tp_finger *)(dev->tp_data + c->tp_offset);

Is there anything which guarantees that `f' is sufficiently aligned? 
If not, the code might cause unaligned exceptions on some
architectures?

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