- * The OVS_BITWISE annotation allows the sparse checker to issue warnings
- * for incorrect use of values in network byte order. */
-typedef uint16_t OVS_BITWISE ovs_be16;
-typedef uint32_t OVS_BITWISE ovs_be32;
-typedef uint64_t OVS_BITWISE ovs_be64;
+ * We bootstrap these from the Linux __be<N> types. If we instead define our
+ * own independently then __be<N> and ovs_be<N> become mutually
+ * incompatible. */
+typedef __be16 ovs_be16;
+typedef __be32 ovs_be32;
+typedef __be64 ovs_be64;
+\f
+/* Netlink and OpenFlow both contain 64-bit values that are only guaranteed to
+ * be aligned on 32-bit boundaries. These types help.
+ *
+ * lib/unaligned.h has helper functions for accessing these. */
+
+/* A 64-bit value, in host byte order, that is only aligned on a 32-bit
+ * boundary. */
+typedef struct {
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+ uint32_t hi, lo;
+#else
+ uint32_t lo, hi;
+#endif
+} ovs_32aligned_u64;
+
+/* A 64-bit value, in network byte order, that is only aligned on a 32-bit
+ * boundary. */
+typedef struct {
+ ovs_be32 hi, lo;
+} ovs_32aligned_be64;