netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPv6: conntrack: Use protocol-related initialization routine to initial queues of IPv6 connection track

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:46:06 +0100
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	shanwei@...fujitsu.com, yasuyuki.kozakai@...hiba.co.jp,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPv6: conntrack: Use protocol-related initialization
 routine to initial queues of IPv6 connection track

David Miller wrote:
> From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:46:46 +0100
> 
>> Oops, sorry. Not sure why I missed this, I've successfully
>> tested that change multiple times.
> 
> This situation is error prone, and I don't blame you for not catching
> it, because these common ipv6 fragmentation functions are assuming
> things about the layout of the first few struct members of the
> container in which the top level data structure lives.
> 
> What should happen is that when such an assumption exists, it should
> be explicitly codified.
> 
> Just like how we embed struct sock_common in both struct socket
> and in the TCP time-wait minisockets.

I'll see if I can come up with something to catch this kind of mistake
in the future.

> 
> Anyways, meanwhile I'll apply the fix.  And yes I know it needs
> to go to stable too... :-)

Thanks :)

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