- /* Put the 64-bit file length in *bits* at the end of the buffer. */
- *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad] = SWAP (ctx->total[0] << 3);
- *(md5_uint32 *) &ctx->buffer[bytes + pad + 4] = SWAP ((ctx->total[1] << 3) |
- (ctx->total[0] >> 29));
+ /* Put the 64-bit file length in *bits* at the end of the buffer.
+ Use memcpy to avoid aliasing problems. On most systems, this
+ will be optimized away to the same code. */
+ swap_bytes = SWAP (ctx->total[0] << 3);
+ memcpy (&ctx->buffer[bytes + pad], &swap_bytes, sizeof (swap_bytes));
+ swap_bytes = SWAP ((ctx->total[1] << 3) | (ctx->total[0] >> 29));
+ memcpy (&ctx->buffer[bytes + pad + 4], &swap_bytes, sizeof (swap_bytes));