linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] openvswitch: Serialize acts with original netlink len

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Message-ID: <20150730193530.GA26187@pox.localdomain>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:35:30 +0200
From:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
To:	Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pablo@...filter.org, kaber@...sh.net, jpettit@...ira.com,
	pshelar@...ira.com, azhou@...ira.com, jesse@...ira.com,
	fwestpha@...hat.com, hannes@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/9] openvswitch: Serialize acts with original
 netlink len

On 07/30/15 at 11:12am, Joe Stringer wrote:
> Previously, we used the kernel-internal netlink actions length to
> calculate the size of messages to serialize back to userspace.
> However,the sw_flow_actions may not be formatted exactly the same as the
> actions on the wire, so store the original actions length when
> de-serializing and re-use the original length when serializing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@...ira.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
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