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    SubjectRe: Misalignment, MIPS, and ip_hdr(skb)->version
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    On Wed 2016-12-07 19:30:34 -0500, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
    > Your custom protocol should be designed in a way you get an aligned ip
    > header. Most protocols of the IETF follow this mantra and it is always
    > possible to e.g. pad options so you end up on aligned boundaries for the
    > next header.

    fwiw, i'm not convinced that "most protocols of the IETF follow this
    mantra". we've had multiple discussions in different protocol groups
    about shaving or bloating by a few bytes here or there in different
    protocols, and i don't think anyone has brought up memory alignment as
    an argument in any of the discussions i've followed.

    that said, it sure does sound like it would make things simpler to
    construct the protocol that way :)

    --dkg

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