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@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ here; a summary of the common scenarios is presented below:
57 unaligned access to be corrected. 57 unaligned access to be corrected.
58 - Some architectures are not capable of unaligned memory access, but will 58 - Some architectures are not capable of unaligned memory access, but will
59 silently perform a different memory access to the one that was requested, 59 silently perform a different memory access to the one that was requested,
60 resulting a a subtle code bug that is hard to detect! 60 resulting in a subtle code bug that is hard to detect!
61 61
62It should be obvious from the above that if your code causes unaligned 62It should be obvious from the above that if your code causes unaligned
63memory accesses to happen, your code will not work correctly on certain 63memory accesses to happen, your code will not work correctly on certain
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ memory and you wish to avoid unaligned access, its usage is as follows:
209 209
210 u32 value = get_unaligned((u32 *) data); 210 u32 value = get_unaligned((u32 *) data);
211 211
212These macros work work for memory accesses of any length (not just 32 bits as 212These macros work for memory accesses of any length (not just 32 bits as
213in the examples above). Be aware that when compared to standard access of 213in the examples above). Be aware that when compared to standard access of
214aligned memory, using these macros to access unaligned memory can be costly in 214aligned memory, using these macros to access unaligned memory can be costly in
215terms of performance. 215terms of performance.