netdev - Re: [PATCH 00/26] IPVS: Add first IPv6 support to IPVS.

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Message-ID: <485050FE.6030209@google.com>
Date:	Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:26:06 -0700
From:	Vince Busam <vbusam@...gle.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	Julius Volz <juliusv@...gle.com>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, lvs-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/26] IPVS: Add first IPv6 support to IPVS.

Ben Greear wrote:
> You can have the kernel ignore any data it doesn't understand (ie, if 
> struct is 24 bytes,
> but the kernel expects 20 bytes, just ignore the last 4).  This way it 
> should
> work with newer binaries.

Currently, the IPVS code specifically checks that length, so all kernels 
up to now won't play well with any changes to the structs.

Vince
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