netdev - Re: XFRM structures binary compability

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Date:	Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:13:34 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	klimes@...trum.cz
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: XFRM structures binary compability

From: "Jiri Klimes" <klimes@...trum.cz>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 14:40:02 +0100

> David, I'm afraid the fix is not correct.  xfrm_msg_min is not used
> just for length check, but mainly to find start of the netlink
> attributes.  Therefore the patch will work for the case with no
> attributes. However it won't work properly in case attributes are
> used (which is in most cases).  So, I suggest to revert the patch.

Thanks for catching this, I'll revert.
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