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    ARM: 7583/1: decompressor: Enable unaligned memory access for v6 and above · 5010192d
    Dave Martin authored
    Modern GCC can generate code which makes use of the CPU's native
    unaligned memory access capabilities.  This is useful for the C
    decompressor implementations used for unpacking compressed kernels.
    
    This patch disables alignment faults and enables the v6 unaligned
    access model on CPUs which support these features (i.e., v6 and
    later), allowing full unaligned access support for C code in the
    decompressor.
    
    The decompressor C code must not be built to assume that unaligned
    access works if support for v5 or older platforms is included in
    the kernel.
    
    For correct code generation, C decompressor code must always use
    the get_unaligned and put_unaligned accessors when dealing with
    unaligned pointers, regardless of this patch.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Martin <dave.martin@linaro.org>
    Acked-by: default avatarNicolas Pitre <nico@linaro.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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