# Re: \[PATCH\] ext4: fix fast commit alignment issues

- From: Theodore Ts'o \<tytso@mit.edu\>
- Date: 2021-06-03 01:59:22 
- List: linux-ext4
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ext4/2021/06/13435942
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-ext4/2021/05/13435885/t.md

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On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 02:59:20PM -0700, Harshad Shirwadkar wrote:
> From: Harshad Shirwadkar <redacted>
> 
> Fast commit recovery data on disk may not be aligned. So, when the
> recovery code reads it, this patch makes sure that fast commit info
> found on-disk is first memcpy-ed into an aligned variable before
> accessing it. As a consequence of it, we also remove some macros that
> could resulted in unaligned accesses.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <redacted>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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