netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfrm: add incoming interface to selector

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Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:47:57 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	ulrich.weber@...hos.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfrm: add incoming interface to selector

From: Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:33:54 +0100

> On 30.11.2011 01:00, David Miller wrote:
>>
>> This isn't safe, because we have no idea if existing users are putting
>> garbage there.  So your change can break things.
>>
>> You'll have to add a netlink attribute or similar.
> But a implementation matching xfrm against UID would break
> existing programs too, where sel->user is set to garbage.

Such a program would have to be used with other agents which are known
to not modify the sel->user of existing entries.

I'm not letting you reassign this existing structure member for another
use, it's been exposed to userspace for nearly 10 years.
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