linux-kernel - [PATCH net-next 05/15] mptcp: pm: align endpoint flags size with the NL specs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20260203-net-next-mptcp-misc-feat-6-20-v1-5-31ec8bfc56d1@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:41:21 +0100
From: "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
To: Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>, Geliang Tang <geliang@...nel.org>, 
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, 
 Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
 Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, mptcp@...ts.linux.dev, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, 
 "Matthieu Baerts (NGI0)" <matttbe@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next 05/15] mptcp: pm: align endpoint flags size with
 the NL specs

The MPTCP Netlink specs describe the 'flags' as a u32 type. Internally,
a u8 type was used.

Using a u8 is currently fine, because only the 5 first bits are used.
But there is also no reason not to be aligns with the specs, and
to stick to a u8. Especially because there is a whole of 3 bytes after
in both mptcp_pm_local and mptcp_pm_addr_entry structures.

Also, setting it to a u32 will allow future flags, just in case.

Reviewed-by: Mat Martineau <martineau@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Baerts (NGI0) <matttbe@...nel.org>
---
 net/mptcp/protocol.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/mptcp/protocol.h b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
index 66a30409f217..f4bfe91ca7f9 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/protocol.h
+++ b/net/mptcp/protocol.h
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ struct mptcp_pm_data {

 struct mptcp_pm_local {
 	struct mptcp_addr_info	addr;
-	u8			flags;
+	u32			flags;
 	int			ifindex;
 };

 struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct mptcp_addr_info	addr;
-	u8			flags;
+	u32			flags;
 	int			ifindex;
 	struct socket		*lsk;
 };

-- 
2.51.0