[PATCH] hash: fix pointer alignment

Marat Khalili marat.khalili at huawei.com
Thu Feb 26 17:22:22 CET 2026


> diff --git a/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h b/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> index fa07c97685..66f11fafcd 100644
> --- a/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> +++ b/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> @@ -127,6 +127,24 @@ rte_hash_crc(const void *data, uint32_t data_len, uint32_t init_val)
>  	unsigned i;
>  	uintptr_t pd = (uintptr_t) data;
> 
> +	/* align input to 8 byte boundary if needed */
> +	if ((pd & 0x7) && data_len >= 8) {

Perhaps the case data_len < 8 should also be included, with each of the if's below checking and correcting data_len individually?

> +		uintptr_t unaligned_bytes = 8 - (pd & 0x7);
> +		data_len -= unaligned_bytes;
> +		if (unaligned_bytes & 0x4) {
> +			init_val = rte_hash_crc_4byte(*(const uint32_t *)pd, init_val);
> +			pd += 4;
> +		}
> +		if (unaligned_bytes & 0x2) {
> +			init_val = rte_hash_crc_2byte(*(const uint16_t *)pd, init_val);
> +			pd += 2;
> +		}
> +		if (unaligned_bytes & 0x1) {
> +			init_val = rte_hash_crc_1byte(*(const uint8_t *)pd, init_val);
> +			pd += 1;
> +		}

Shouldn't the order be the opposite?

> +	}
> +
>  	for (i = 0; i < data_len / 8; i++) {
>  		init_val = rte_hash_crc_8byte(*(const uint64_t *)pd, init_val);
>  		pd += 8;
> --
> 2.52.0



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