netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] openvswitch: conntrack netlink API updates.

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Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:41:33 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Jarno Rajahalme <jrajahalme@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] openvswitch: conntrack netlink API updates.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 03:20:28PM -0700, Jarno Rajahalme wrote:
> diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> index 77850f1..1e6c2ac 100644
> --- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> +++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
> @@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ size_t ovs_key_attr_size(void)
>  		+ nla_total_size(4)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_SKB_MARK */
>  		+ nla_total_size(4)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_DP_HASH */
>  		+ nla_total_size(4)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_RECIRC_ID */
> -		+ nla_total_size(1)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_STATE */
> +		+ nla_total_size(4)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_STATE */
>  		+ nla_total_size(2)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_ZONE */
>  		+ nla_total_size(4)   /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_MARK */
>  		+ nla_total_size(16)  /* OVS_KEY_ATTR_CT_LABEL */

This is very strange.

You're changing the size of the netlink attribute, this will break
existing userspace applications.
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