linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] vmbus: initialize reserved fields in messages

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Date:   Thu,  5 Oct 2017 17:35:05 -0700
From:   kys@...hange.microsoft.com
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, olaf@...fle.de, apw@...onical.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
        leann.ogasawara@...onical.com, marcelo.cerri@...onical.com,
        sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        "K . Y . Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] vmbus: initialize reserved fields in messages

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>

Make sure and initialize reserved fields in messages to host,
rather than passing stack junk.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/hv/channel.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel.c b/drivers/hv/channel.c
index efd5db743319..9f48f454bde0 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel.c
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ int vmbus_sendpacket_pagebuffer(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 	desc.dataoffset8 = descsize >> 3; /* in 8-bytes granularity */
 	desc.length8 = (u16)(packetlen_aligned >> 3);
 	desc.transactionid = requestid;
+	desc.reserved = 0;
 	desc.rangecount = pagecount;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < pagecount; i++) {
@@ -788,6 +789,7 @@ int vmbus_sendpacket_mpb_desc(struct vmbus_channel *channel,
 	desc->dataoffset8 = desc_size >> 3; /* in 8-bytes granularity */
 	desc->length8 = (u16)(packetlen_aligned >> 3);
 	desc->transactionid = requestid;
+	desc->reserved = 0;
 	desc->rangecount = 1;
 
 	bufferlist[0].iov_base = desc;
-- 
2.14.1