Re: [linuxsh-dev] bad alignment fixup

[Jesper S. <js...@re...>]

>>>>> "Philipp" == Philipp Rumpf <pr...@pa...> writes:
Philipp> I think the only valid reason for unaligned accesses is using
Philipp> weird network protocols.  Unless there really are people out
Philipp> there relying on it I'd advise against integrating it in the
Philipp> standard kernel (there might be security issues with
Philipp> put/get_user).

There is another issue; according to David Miller (proxy via David
Woodhouse) illegal network packets may also cause unaligned access. If
that is indeed the case, your system may well crash if a black hat
decides to fsck with your system...

Jesper