xiaoxiang781216 commented on a change in pull request #3889:
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-nuttx/pull/3889#discussion_r648826713



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File path: libs/libc/netdb/lib_dnsquery.c
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@@ -439,8 +440,11 @@ static int dns_recv_response(int sd, FAR union dns_addr_u 
*addr, int naddr,
   ninfo("Question: type=%04x, class=%04x\n",
         ntohs(que->type), ntohs(que->class));
 
-  if (que->type  != qinfo->rectype ||
-      que->class != HTONS(DNS_CLASS_IN))
+  /* N.B. Unaligned access may occur here */
+
+  temp = HTONS(DNS_CLASS_IN);
+  if (memcmp(&que->type, &qinfo->rectype, sizeof(uint16_t)) != 0 ||

Review comment:
       But both dns_header_s and dns_question_s are naturally aligned, the 
unalignment most likely come from buffer. The better fix is ensure buffer 
variable start at the four bytes boundary by changing buffer type.




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