> -----Original Message-----
> From: Radu Nicolau <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday 27 February 2026 14:00
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: Marat Khalili <[email protected]>; Radu Nicolau 
> <[email protected]>; [email protected];
> [email protected]; Yipeng Wang <[email protected]>; Sameh 
> Gobriel
> <[email protected]>; Bruce Richardson <[email protected]>; 
> Vladimir Medvedkin
> <[email protected]>; Yerden Zhumabekov <[email protected]>; 
> Pablo de Lara
> <[email protected]>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] hash: fix pointer alignment
> 
> rte_hash_crc assumes input pointer address is 8 byte aligned
> which may not be always the case.
> This fix aligns the input pointer before proceeding to process it
> in 8 byte chunks.
> 
> Bugzilla ID: 1892
> Fixes: 504a29af13a7 ("hash: fix strict-aliasing for CRC")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Radu Nicolau <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Marat Khalili <[email protected]>
> ---
> v3: revert alignment code to simple loop, it was getting too complex for a 
> corner case
> 
> 
>  lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h | 10 ++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h b/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> index fa07c97685..f60f4598d8 100644
> --- a/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> +++ b/lib/hash/rte_hash_crc.h
> @@ -127,6 +127,16 @@ rte_hash_crc(const void *data, uint32_t data_len, 
> uint32_t init_val)
>       unsigned i;
>       uintptr_t pd = (uintptr_t) data;
> 
> +     /* align input to 8 byte boundary if needed */
> +     if (pd & 0x7) {
> +             unsigned int unaligned_bytes = RTE_MIN(8 - (pd & 0x7), 
> data_len);
> +             for (i = 0; i < unaligned_bytes; i++) {
> +                     init_val = rte_hash_crc_1byte(*(const uint8_t *)pd, 
> init_val);
> +                     pd++;
> +                     data_len--;
> +             }
> +     }
> +
>       for (i = 0; i < data_len / 8; i++) {
>               init_val = rte_hash_crc_8byte(*(const uint64_t *)pd, init_val);
>               pd += 8;
> --
> 2.52.0
> 

My custom checks now pass even for small inputs.

(I also support the idea to simplify it to a single loop, until we have actual
benchmarks showing that some alternative is better. Same for many possible ways
to simplify if and/or for condition.)

Acked-by: Marat Khalili <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Marat Khalili <[email protected]>

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