linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] MCTP sockaddr padding check/initialisation fixup

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Date:   Thu, 4 Nov 2021 16:55:32 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>
Cc:     Matt Johnston <matt@...econstruct.com.au>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] MCTP sockaddr padding
 check/initialisation fixup

On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 20:09:36 +0100 Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> This pair of patches introduces checks for padding fields of struct
> sockaddr_mctp/sockaddr_mctp_ext to ease their re-use for possible
> extensions in the future;  as well as zeroing of these fields
> in the respective sockaddr filling routines.  While the first commit
> is definitely an ABI breakage, it is proposed in hopes that the change
> is made soon enough (the interface appeared only in Linux 5.15)
> to avoid affecting any existing user space.

Seems reasonable, Jeremy can you send an ack?