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On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 7:51 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> It's so much better to analyze properly where the misalignment comes from
> and address it at the source, as we have for various cases that trip up
> Sparc too.

That's sort of my attitude too, hence starting this thread. Any
pointers you have about this would be most welcome, so as not to
perpetuate what already seems like an issue in other parts of the
stack.