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Date:	Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:31:56 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, davem@...emloft.net,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net-ipv4-tcp.c-fix-warning-from-older-compilers.patch

On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 09:16 -0500, William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Replace + net-ipv4-tcpc-fix-warning.patch added to -mm tree
> 
> Remove the offending code, and replace with comments.  This is an
> unlikely problem, so depend on human finding any future error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: William.Allen.Simpson@...il.com
> ---
>   net/ipv4/tcp.c |    9 ++++-----
>   1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> plain text document attachment
> (net-ipv4-tcp.c-fix-warning-from-older-compilers.patch)
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> index c8666b7..3782c17 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
> @@ -2540,11 +2540,10 @@ static int do_tcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
>  			ctd.tcpct_cookie_desired = cvp->cookie_desired;
>  			ctd.tcpct_s_data_desired = cvp->s_data_desired;
>  
> -			/* Cookie(s) saved, return as nonce */
> -			if (sizeof(ctd.tcpct_value) < cvp->cookie_pair_size) {
> -				/* impossible? */
> -				return -EINVAL;
> -			}
> +			/* Cookie(s) saved, return as nonce.
> +			 * Assumes TCP_MSS_DEFAULT > TCP_COOKIE_PAIR_SIZE,
[...]

You can use BUILD_BUG_ON() to ensure that remains true.

Ben.

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