b43: Fix possible unaligned u32 access
authorMatthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Thu, 4 Jun 2009 21:18:33 +0000 (23:18 +0200)
committerJohn W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:27:53 +0000 (13:27 -0400)
Fix possible unaligned u32 access in b43_generate_plcp_hdr().
Unaligned data is read/write with a u32 pointer instead of using the
packed structure. Some versions of gcc ignore the "packed" attribute, if the
structure element is accessed through a local pointer.

Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>
Signed-off-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
drivers/net/wireless/b43/xmit.c

index a63d88841df86034cf011f93c85a2acce02e3448..55f36a7254d98515b7d61b22152fe10c4a567255 100644 (file)
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ u8 b43_plcp_get_ratecode_ofdm(const u8 bitrate)
 void b43_generate_plcp_hdr(struct b43_plcp_hdr4 *plcp,
                           const u16 octets, const u8 bitrate)
 {
-       __le32 *data = &(plcp->data);
        __u8 *raw = plcp->raw;
 
        if (b43_is_ofdm_rate(bitrate)) {
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ void b43_generate_plcp_hdr(struct b43_plcp_hdr4 *plcp,
                d = b43_plcp_get_ratecode_ofdm(bitrate);
                B43_WARN_ON(octets & 0xF000);
                d |= (octets << 5);
-               *data = cpu_to_le32(d);
+               plcp->data = cpu_to_le32(d);
        } else {
                u32 plen;
 
@@ -141,7 +140,7 @@ void b43_generate_plcp_hdr(struct b43_plcp_hdr4 *plcp,
                                raw[1] = 0x04;
                } else
                        raw[1] = 0x04;
-               *data |= cpu_to_le32(plen << 16);
+               plcp->data |= cpu_to_le32(plen << 16);
                raw[0] = b43_plcp_get_ratecode_cck(bitrate);
        }
 }