RE: [PATCH 9/9] netfilter: implement xt_cgroup cgroup2 path match

From: David Laight
Date: Mon Nov 23 2015 - 12:38:06 EST


From: Florian Westphal
> Sent: 21 November 2015 16:56
> > +struct xt_cgroup_info_v1 {
> > + __u8 has_path;
> > + __u8 has_classid;
> > + __u8 invert_path;
> > + __u8 invert_classid;
> > + char path[PATH_MAX];
> > + __u32 classid;
> > +
> > + /* kernel internal data */
> > + void *priv __attribute__((aligned(8)));
> > +};
>
> Ahem. Am I reading this right? This struct is > 4k in size?
> If so -- Ugh. Does sizeof(path) really have to be PATH_MAX?

I've not looked at the use, but could you put 'char path[];'
as the last member an require any allocations to be long enough
to contain the actual path?

David

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