netdev - Re: [XFRM]: xfrm_user: fix selector family initialization

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Date:	Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kaber@...sh.net
Cc:	pupilla@...mail.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kazunori@...azawa.org
Subject: Re: [XFRM]: xfrm_user: fix selector family initialization

From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:38:55 +0200

>     [XFRM]: xfrm_user: fix selector family initialization
>     
>     Commit df9dcb45 ([IPSEC]: Fix inter address family IPsec tunnel handling)
>     broke openswan by removing the selector initialization for tunnel mode
>     in case it is uninitialized.
>     
>     This patch restores the initialization, fixing openswan, but probably
>     breaking inter-family tunnels again (unknown since the patch author
>     disappeared). The correct thing for inter-family tunnels is probably
>     to simply initialize the selector family explicitly.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>

I've applied this to net-2.6, thanks Patrick.

Once we resolve how to get inter-family working without
breaking existing setups, we can put better logic back
in here.  But for now the regression is more important.
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