netdev - Re: [net-next v2] ipv4: inet_bind: check the addr

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Date:	Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:33:32 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next v2] ipv4: inet_bind: check the addr_len first

Hello,

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015, at 14:21, Denis Kirjanov wrote:
> Perform the address length check first, before calling
> the proto specific bind() function

Can you give more detail why you did this change and what bug it fixes?

Thanks,
Hannes
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