netdev - RE: [PATCH net] packet: in recvmsg msg_name return at least sockaddr

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Date:   Mon, 29 Apr 2019 13:19:34 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Willem de Bruijn' <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
CC:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "ebiederm@...ssion.com" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net] packet: in recvmsg msg_name return at least
 sockaddr_ll

> Can then also change memset to zero only two bytes in the Ethernet case.
> 
> +                       if (msg->msg_namelen < sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)) {
> +                               msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll);
> +                               memset(msg->msg_name + copy_len, 0,
> +                                      msg->namelen - copy_len);

copy_len not defined ....

> +                       }

Except that has to be a real memset() not an inlined direct
write of an 8byte register (or 2 writes on a 32bit systems).

	David

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