netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net sched actions: dump more than TCA_ACT_MAX

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:50:00 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jhs@...atatu.com
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 1/2] net sched actions: dump more than
 TCA_ACT_MAX_PRIO actions per batch

From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 09:27:00 -0400

> The issue Jiri is bringing up is unrelated. He is talking about
> a bitmap and conflating it with a data structure. They are not
> the same issue.

Bitmaps can have the same exact problem as padding if we didn't code
it correctly.

The issue is _purely_, "did we check unused 'fields' and enforce them
to be a certain value"

If not, we lose, and can't use those "fields" in the future.

This rule applies whether you are speaking about padding or a bitmask.