> > > char buf[8];
> > > void *v = &buf[1];
> > > unsigned int *p = (unsigned int *)v;
> >
> > This does not (reliably) do what you expect. The compiler need not align
> > buf.
>
> Printing the value of p should clarify this.
>
> And, as we can see above, the "simple" accesses
> >> There is still going to be a small cost even in hardware fixup so this
> >> is very much worth solving despite it's "becoming invisible" because the
> >> chips are hiding / solving it already.
> >
> > But I believe that h/w feature is turned off in Linux by default. You
> > have to add noalig
