Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] MCTP sockaddr padding check/initialisation fixup

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Nov 04 2021 - 19:55:41 EST


On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 20:09:36 +0100 Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:
> This pair of patches introduces checks for padding fields of struct
> sockaddr_mctp/sockaddr_mctp_ext to ease their re-use for possible
> extensions in the future; as well as zeroing of these fields
> in the respective sockaddr filling routines. While the first commit
> is definitely an ABI breakage, it is proposed in hopes that the change
> is made soon enough (the interface appeared only in Linux 5.15)
> to avoid affecting any existing user space.

Seems reasonable, Jeremy can you send an ack?