netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and msg

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Date:	Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:06:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com, joe@...ches.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: rework recvmsg handler msg_name and
 msg_namelen logic

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2013 03:14:22 +0100

> This patch now always passes msg->msg_namelen as 0. recvmsg handlers must
> set msg_namelen to the proper size <= sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage)
> to return msg_name to the user.

These two patches look fantastic, applied and queued up for -stable
thanks!
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