linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] NET: llc, zero sockaddr

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Message-Id: <20090823.185617.36449822.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:56:17 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jirislaby@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	acme@...stprotocols.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] NET: llc, zero sockaddr_llc struct

From: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:58:55 +0200

> sllc_arphrd member of sockaddr_llc might not be set. Zero sllc
> before copying it to the above layers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>

I know it seems arbitrary, but could you please memset() on the
structure instead of using an empty initializer so that it's
consistent with how all other ->getname() implementations deal with
this issue?

It's easier to audit that way.

Thanks.
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