netdev - Re: [PATCH] INET: fix incorrect "inet_sock->is

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Date:	Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:57:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paul.moore@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] INET: fix incorrect "inet_sock->is_icsk" assignment

From: "Paul Moore" <paul.moore@...com>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:04:31 -0500

> From: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
> 
> The inet_create() and inet6_create() functions incorrectly set the
> inet_sock->is_icsk field.  Both functions assume that the is_icsk field is
> large enough to hold at least a INET_PROTOSW_ICSK value when it is actually
> only a single bit.  This patch corrects the assignment by doing a boolean
> comparison whose result will safely fit into a single bit field.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>

Applied, thanks a lot Paul.
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