-----netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org schrieb: -----

>An: t.mart...@avm.de
>Von: "David Miller" 
>Gesendet von: netdev-ow...@vger.kernel.org
>Datum: 25.06.2020 21:38
>Kopie: netdev@vger.kernel.org, ro...@cumulusnetworks.com,
>niko...@cumulusnetworks.com, k...@kernel.org, n...@nbd.name,
>sta...@vger.kernel.org
>Betreff: Re: [PATCH v2] net: bridge: enfore alignment for ethernet
>address
>
>From: Thomas Martitz <t.mart...@avm.de>
>Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:26:03 +0200
>
>> The eth_addr member is passed to ether_addr functions that require
>> 2-byte alignment, therefore the member must be properly aligned
>> to avoid unaligned accesses.
>> 
>> The problem is in place since the initial merge of multicast to
>unicast:
>> commit 6db6f0eae6052b70885562e1733896647ec1d807 bridge: multicast
>to unicast
>> 
>> Fixes: 6db6f0eae605 ("bridge: multicast to unicast")
>> Cc: Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com>
>> Cc: Nikolay Aleksandrov <niko...@cumulusnetworks.com>
>> Cc: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
>> Cc: Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Felix Fietkau <n...@nbd.name>
>> Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Martitz <t.mart...@avm.de>
>
>Applied and queued up for -stable.

Awesome, thank you! I was about to resend the patch with the Nikolay's
Acked-By, but turns out that wasn't necessary.

>
>Please do not explicitly CC: stable for networking changes, I take
>care
>of those by hand.
>

Alright, I'll remeber that. This was my very first submission to the kernel,
everywhere it is suggested to Cc: stable.

Best regards.

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