Re: openssh unaligned access in swap_bytes (on alpha)

[Jason R Thorpe <thorpej%zembu.com@localhost>]

On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 03:46:07AM +1100, Simon Burge wrote:

 > So the arguments obviously aren't 8 (or even 4) byte aligned, contrary
 > to the comment before swap_bytes() in cipher.c.

 >      SA-110  (233MHz)         1.6488           1.8607          1.6500

 > I'm tempted to leave it at 4 byte loops.  The code is clearer and
 > overall it doesn't seem to make that much off a difference either way.
 > I've tested this change actually in ssh on alpha and sparc (just to
 > check that I didn't botch any endian-type stuff).
 > 
 > I also think that such a change should also be pulled up to 1.5...

Agreed -- without the fix, SSH will simply not function on e.g.
ARM systems (unaligned accesses produce unexpected results rather
than faults on the ARM).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej%zembu.com@localhost>