Re: [PATCH net] virtio-net: calculate header alignment mask based on features

On 10/28/25 3:38 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

So how about just fixing the root cause then? Like this (untested, if you agree pls take over this):

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virtio_net: fix alignment for virtio_net_hdr_v1_hash

changing alignment of header would mean it's no longer safe to cast a 2 byte aligned pointer between formats. Use two 16 bit fields to make it 2 byte aligned as previously.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin mst@redhat.com

FWIW, I like this solution. With the u16/u32 change, feel free to add:

Acked-by: Paolo Abeni pabeni@redhat.com