netdev - Re: [PATCH net] netlink: fix boolean evaluation on bound

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Date:	Mon, 14 Dec 2015 18:27:12 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] netlink: fix boolean evaluation on bound

On 14.12.2015 18:06, Herbert Xu wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 05:55:25PM +0100, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
>> portid may be 0, thus bound will set the flag to false for in-kernel
>> created netlink sockets.
>>
>> Fixes: da314c9923fed55 ("netlink: Replace rhash_portid with bound")
>> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
>> ---
>> This patch should not affect anything and is just meant to close this
>> loophole in future. I based it on net, but you can also apply it to
>> net-next.
> 
> Nack.  The bound field only needs to be true for user-space sockets.
> So please explain why you need it to be true for kernel sockets.

I reviewed this very carefully and think this is currently a matter of
taste as it does not change current logic.

Otherwise I would recommend adding a "!!" to express that we actually
want bound set based on the portid value?

Bye,
Hannes

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