ethernet: Copy only 6 bytes of mac address into a u64

[vpp.git] / src / vnet / ethernet / mac_address.h

diff --git a/src/vnet/ethernet/mac_address.h b/src/vnet/ethernet/mac_address.h
index 68feb39..0631ec3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/vnet/ethernet/mac_address.h
+++ b/src/vnet/ethernet/mac_address.h
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ mac_address_is_zero (const mac_address_t * mac)
 static_always_inline u64
 mac_address_as_u64 (const mac_address_t * mac)
 {
-  u64 *as_u64;
+  volatile u64 as_u64 = 0;
 
-  as_u64 = (u64 *) mac->bytes;
+  clib_memcpy ((void *) &as_u64, mac->bytes, 6);
 
-  return (*as_u64);
+  return as_u64;
 }
 
 static_always_inline void