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[PATCH] mac80211: fix alignment issue with compare_ether_addr()

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This addresses an alignment issue with compare_ether_addr().
The addresses passed to compare_ether_addr should be two bytes aligned.
It may function properly in x86 platform. However may not work properly
on IA-64 or ARM processor.

This also fixes a typo in mlme.c where the sk_buff struct name is incorect.
Though sizeof() works for any incorrect structure pointer name as its just
a pointer length that we want, lets just fix it.

Signed-off-by: Senthil Balasubramanian <senthilkumar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 net/mac80211/mlme.c |    4 ++--
 net/mac80211/rx.c   |    6 ++++--
 net/mac80211/util.c |    4 ++--
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
index c7819fd..4be7736 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_process_addba_request(struct net_device *dev,
 
 	/* prepare reordering buffer */
 	tid_agg_rx->reorder_buf =
-		kmalloc(buf_size * sizeof(struct sk_buf *), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		kmalloc(buf_size * sizeof(struct sk_buff *), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tid_agg_rx->reorder_buf) {
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			printk(KERN_ERR "can not allocate reordering buffer "
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ static void ieee80211_sta_process_addba_request(struct net_device *dev,
 		goto end;
 	}
 	memset(tid_agg_rx->reorder_buf, 0,
-		buf_size * sizeof(struct sk_buf *));
+		buf_size * sizeof(struct sk_buff *));
 
 	if (local->ops->ampdu_action)
 		ret = local->ops->ampdu_action(hw, IEEE80211_AMPDU_RX_START,
diff --git a/net/mac80211/rx.c b/net/mac80211/rx.c
index 9400a97..4b83ed1 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/rx.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/rx.c
@@ -1116,7 +1116,9 @@ ieee80211_data_to_8023(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 	u16 fc, hdrlen, ethertype;
 	u8 *payload;
 	u8 dst[ETH_ALEN];
-	u8 src[ETH_ALEN];
+	/* Should be aligned on 2 bytes for compare_ether_addr() */
+	u16 src_aligned[ETH_ALEN >> 1];
+	u8 *src = (u8 *)src_aligned;
 	struct sk_buff *skb = rx->skb;
 	struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata = IEEE80211_DEV_TO_SUB_IF(dev);
 	DECLARE_MAC_BUF(mac);
@@ -1259,7 +1261,7 @@ ieee80211_data_to_8023(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
  */
 static bool ieee80211_frame_allowed(struct ieee80211_rx_data *rx)
 {
-	static const u8 pae_group_addr[ETH_ALEN]
+	static const u8 pae_group_addr[ETH_ALEN] __attribute__ ((aligned(2)))
 		= { 0x01, 0x80, 0xC2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x03 };
 	struct ethhdr *ehdr = (struct ethhdr *) rx->skb->data;
 
diff --git a/net/mac80211/util.c b/net/mac80211/util.c
index 5a77e2c..416214c 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/util.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/util.c
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ void *mac80211_wiphy_privid = &mac80211_wiphy_privid;
 
 /* See IEEE 802.1H for LLC/SNAP encapsulation/decapsulation */
 /* Ethernet-II snap header (RFC1042 for most EtherTypes) */
-const unsigned char rfc1042_header[] =
+const unsigned char rfc1042_header[] __attribute__ ((aligned(2))) =
 	{ 0xaa, 0xaa, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
 
 /* Bridge-Tunnel header (for EtherTypes ETH_P_AARP and ETH_P_IPX) */
-const unsigned char bridge_tunnel_header[] =
+const unsigned char bridge_tunnel_header[] __attribute__ ((aligned(2))) =
 	{ 0xaa, 0xaa, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf8 };
 
 
-- 
1.5.2.2

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