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

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Date:   Wed, 4 Oct 2017 08:14:50 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:     'Stefan Hajnoczi' <stefanha@...hat.com>,
        "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

On Wed, 4 Oct 2017 15:03:09 +0000
David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> wrote:

> 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
> 

families is a bit field which is built from data, not from kernel.