netdev - Re: [Bug 42012] New: regression on 2.6.39.3 with socket/bind; still there in 3.0.4

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Date:	Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:57:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	meissner@...e.de, r_meier@...enet.de
Subject: Re: [Bug 42012] New: regression on 2.6.39.3 with socket/bind;
 still there in 3.0.4

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:19:22 +0200

> [PATCH] net: ipv4: relax AF_INET check in bind()
> 
> commit d0733d2e29b65 (Check for mistakenly passed in non-IPv4 address)
> added regression on legacy apps that use bind() with AF_UNSPEC family.
> 
> Relax the check, but make sure the bind() is done on INADDR_ANY
> addresses, as AF_UNSPEC has probably no sane meaning for other
> addresses.
> 
> Bugzilla reference : https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42012
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Reported-and-bisected-by: Rene Meier <r_meier@...enet.de>
> CC: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>

Applied, thanks everyone.
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