netdev - RE: [PATCH iproute2 1/3] ss: allow AF

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:03:09 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Stefan Hajnoczi' <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jorgen Hansen <jhansen@...are.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH iproute2 1/3] ss: allow AF_FAMILY constants >32

From: Stefan Hajnoczi
> Sent: 04 October 2017 16:01
...
> > > --- a/misc/ss.c
> > > +++ b/misc/ss.c
> > > @@ -170,55 +170,57 @@ enum {
> > >  struct filter {
> > >  	int dbs;
> > >  	int states;
> > > -	int families;
> > > +	__u64 families;
> >
> > Since this isn't a value that is coming from kernel. It should be uint64_t
> > rather than __u64.
> 
> Okay, will fix in v2.

But that looks like a kernel structure, not one exposed to userspace.
So surely __u64 is correct.

	David