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Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:13:47 +0100 From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com> To: Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com> CC: <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <fengyuleidian0615@...il.com> Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 ipsec-next] xfrm: Do not parse 32bits compiled xfrm netlink msg on 64bits host On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 05:00:29PM +0800, Fan Du wrote: > structure like xfrm_usersa_info or xfrm_userpolicy_info > has different sizeof when compiled as 32bits and 64bits > due to not appending pack attribute in their definition. > This will result in broken SA and SP information when user > trying to configure them through netlink interface. > > Inform user land about this situation instead of keeping > silent, the upper test scripts would behave accordingly. > > Quotes from: http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=142226348715503&w=2 > > > > Before a clean solution show up, I think it's better to warn user in some way > > like http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/323842/ did. Otherwise, many people > > who stuck there will always spend time and try to fix this issue in whatever way. > > Yes, this is the first thing we should do. I'm willing to accept a patch > > Signed-off-by: Fan Du <fan.du@...el.com> Now applied to ipsec-next, thanks a lot Fan! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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