netdev - Re: [PATCH] fix sctp breakage

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Message-ID: <20090318032508.GY28946@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:25:08 +0000
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix sctp breakage

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 03:14:05AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> broken by commit 5e739d1752aca4e8f3e794d431503bfca3162df4; AFAICS should
> be -stable fodder as well...

PS: existing code *DOES* produce correct value; sizeof in question is
4, and htons(4) + htons(2) happens to be equal to htons(6) (no carryover).
So before anyone starts moaning about coverups again, no, this is not
a roothole fix we are trying to get past grsec tossers.

It needs fixing, though, accidentally correct value or not.
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