dmi: Avoid unaligned memory access in save_mem_devices()
authorLuck, Tony <tony.luck@intel.com>
Fri, 1 Nov 2013 20:59:52 +0000 (13:59 -0700)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Sun, 3 Nov 2013 09:40:12 +0000 (10:40 +0100)
commit0841c04d65937ad2808f59c43cb54a92473c8f0e
tree92159fbcb7821de9ee55f7220e18b2117867ecb3
parentd61ec845e2a2e2763aad3ee3024003ce1bb832cf
dmi: Avoid unaligned memory access in save_mem_devices()

Firmware is not required to maintain alignment of SMBIOS
entries, so we should take care accessing fields within these
structures. Use "get_unaligned()" to avoid problems.

[ Found on ia64 (which grumbles about unaligned access) ]

Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Chen Gong <gong.chen@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/27d82dbff5be1025bf18ab88498632d36c2fcf3c.1383331440.git.tony.luck@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c