netdev - Re: [Patch-next] Fix the size overflow of addrconf

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Message-Id: <20091013.034509.130893738.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:45:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	cratiu@...acom.com
Cc:	opurdila@...acom.com, jin.dongming@...css.fujitsu.com,
	kaneshige.kenji@...fujitsu.com, seto.hidetoshi@...fujitsu.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch-next] Fix the size overflow of addrconf_sysctl array

From: Cosmin Ratiu <cratiu@...acom.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 16:11:14 +0300

> Shouldn't this be changed too then?
> 
> Or better yet, wouldn't a change that eliminates the need of adding a new 
> option in two separate places be useful?

Yes, it's crummy how things work now, indeed.

> I see the only use for that DEVCONF enum is to dump the settings via netlink.
> Wouldn't a memcpy suffice?

It should be.

I've applied your patch, thanks!
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