netdev - Re: [patch net-next 3/4] team: add binary option type

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Date:	Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:38:16 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jpirko@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	raise.sail@...il.com, nuno.martins@...xamagica.pt, matt@...abs.org
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 3/4] team: add binary option type

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:01:21 +0200

> For transfering generic binary data (e.g. BPF code), introduce new
> binary option type.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>

Several issues:

> +		struct team_option_binary tbinary;

You put this into a netlink attribute, it has a non-fixed
type size because it uses pointer.  A compat task will do
the wrong thing and you won't interpret it's attribute
correctly.

> +			NLA_PUT_U8(skb, TEAM_ATTR_OPTION_TYPE, NLA_BINARY);

net-next no longer has NLA_PUT*(), so you'll need to adjust
this as well.
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