linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Initialize source address if passed-in srcaddr is AF

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Date:	Mon, 1 Nov 2010 16:08:22 -0400
From:	Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>
To:	Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Initialize source address if passed-in srcaddr
 is AF_UNSPEC

On 2010-11-01 15:58 -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> Recently xs_bind() was changed so it can't tolerate an AF_UNSPEC
> bind address; it needs a fully initialized ANYADDR.  We recently fixed
> this case in xprtsock.c, but some upper layer protocols seem to assume
> that it's OK to pass in an AF_UNSPEC address for the source address.
> Catch that case too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>
> ---
> 
> Untested.

This one seems to correct the issue.

Tested-by: Nick Bowler <nbowler@...iptictech.com>

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Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)
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