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

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Date:   Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:23:01 +0800
From:   Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>
To:     Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>,
        Matt Johnston <matt@...econstruct.com.au>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] MCTP sockaddr padding
 check/initialisation fixup

Hi Eugene,

> 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.

Of the two applications that currently use AF_MCTP:

 - one is already zeroing the sockaddr_mctp
 - the other has a fix for two of the potential sendmsg() & bind()
   calls: https://github.com/CodeConstruct/mctp/commit/072bafe7

Given we have a confined set of applications (and users), and they're
both now compatible with this change:

Acked-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk@...econstruct.com.au>

For both patches.

Cheers,


Jeremy