netdev - [PATCH v2 net] vxlan: fix incorrect initializer in union vxlan

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Message-ID: <53F79B38.8070806@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:34:16 +0200
From:	Gerhard Stenzel <gstenzel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: [PATCH v2 net] vxlan: fix incorrect initializer in union vxlan_addr

The first initializer in the following

        union vxlan_addr ipa = {
            .sin.sin_addr.s_addr = tip,
            .sa.sa_family = AF_INET,
        };

is optimised away by the compiler, due to the second initializer,
therefore initialising .sin.sin_addr.s_addr always to 0.
This results in netlink messages indicating a L3 miss never contain the
missed IP address. This was observed with GCC 4.8 and 4.9. I do not know about previous versions.
The problem affects user space programs relying on an IP address being
sent as part of a netlink message indicating a L3 miss.

Changing
            .sa.sa_family = AF_INET,
to
            .sin.sin_family = AF_INET,
fixes the problem.

Signed-off-by: Gerhard Stenzel <gerhard.stenzel@...ibm.com>

--- 

diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 1fb7b37..beb377b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ static int arp_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	} else if (vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_L3MISS) {
 		union vxlan_addr ipa = {
 			.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = tip,
-			.sa.sa_family = AF_INET,
+			.sin.sin_family = AF_INET,
 		};
 
 		vxlan_ip_miss(dev, &ipa);
@@ -1488,7 +1488,7 @@ static int neigh_reduce(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	} else if (vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_L3MISS) {
 		union vxlan_addr ipa = {
 			.sin6.sin6_addr = msg->target,
-			.sa.sa_family = AF_INET6,
+			.sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6,
 		};
 
 		vxlan_ip_miss(dev, &ipa);
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (!n && (vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_L3MISS)) {
 			union vxlan_addr ipa = {
 				.sin.sin_addr.s_addr = pip->daddr,
-				.sa.sa_family = AF_INET,
+				.sin.sin_family = AF_INET,
 			};
 
 			vxlan_ip_miss(dev, &ipa);
@@ -1542,7 +1542,7 @@ static bool route_shortcircuit(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (!n && (vxlan->flags & VXLAN_F_L3MISS)) {
 			union vxlan_addr ipa = {
 				.sin6.sin6_addr = pip6->daddr,
-				.sa.sa_family = AF_INET6,
+				.sin6.sin6_family = AF_INET6,
 			};
 
 			vxlan_ip_miss(dev, &ipa);

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