Re: [PATCH v5] net: ip, diag -- Add diag interface for raw sockets

On 16-09-28 06:51 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 06:43:01AM -0400, Jamal Hadi Salim wrote:

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I dont know how compilation will fail but you may be right with note:
that is not how pads have been used in the past. They are supposed to
cosmetic annotation which indicates "here's a hole; use it in the
future if you are looking to add something". And someone in the
future can claim them. I am not sure if MBZ philosophy applies.

This structure is uapi, so anyone has complete rights to reference
@pad in the userspace programs. Sure it would be more clear to remove
the @pad completely, but if we choose so I think it's better to do
on top instead and then if someone complain we can easily revert
the single trivial commit instead of this big patch.

I am conflicted.
A field labelled "pad" does not appear to be valid as "UAPI". It is
a cosmetic indicator. If you did sizeof() with or without it being
present the value doesnt change.
BTW: There is at least one major structure in inet diag has a hole
today and doesnt have a padding indicator.

If protocol goes over u8 then complete inet_diag_req_v2 structure will
have to be reworked becaue @sdiag_protocol is u8 as well. IOW, once
someone liftup IPPROTO_MAX > 255, he will notice the problem immediately
because diag for such module simply stop working properly.

ok.

cheers,
jamal