linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] net: Protect INET_ADDR

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Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:07:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     steve@....org
Cc:     joe@...ches.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Protect INET_ADDR_COOKIE on 32-bit architectures

From: Stephen Kitt <steve@....org>
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 09:52:31 +0200

> This patch changes INET_ADDR_COOKIE to declare a dummy typedef (so it
> makes checkpatch.pl complain, sorry...)

This is trading one problem for another, so in the end doesn't really
move us forward.