From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300> There's a 32 bit hole just after type. It's best to > give it a name, this way compiler is forced to initialize > it with rest of the structure. > > Reported-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>Michael, will you be sending this directly to Linus or would you like me to apply it to net or net-next? Thanks.
On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 11:28:22AM -0400, David Miller wrote:> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> > Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300 > > > There's a 32 bit hole just after type. It's best to > > give it a name, this way compiler is forced to initialize > > it with rest of the structure. > > > > Reported-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> > > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > Michael, will you be sending this directly to Linus or would you like > me to apply it to net or net-next? > > Thanks.I'd prefer you to apply it for net and cc stable if possible. Thanks! -- MST
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 20:19:19 +0300> On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 11:28:22AM -0400, David Miller wrote: >> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> >> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300 >> >> > There's a 32 bit hole just after type. It's best to >> > give it a name, this way compiler is forced to initialize >> > it with rest of the structure. >> > >> > Reported-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> >> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> >> >> Michael, will you be sending this directly to Linus or would you like >> me to apply it to net or net-next? >> >> Thanks. > > I'd prefer you to apply it for net and cc stable if possible.Ok, applied, and added to my -stable submission queue.
On Wed, May 02, 2018 at 02:28:09AM -0400, Kevin Easton wrote:> On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 02:05:51PM -0400, David Miller wrote: > > From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> > > Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 20:19:19 +0300 > > > > > On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 11:28:22AM -0400, David Miller wrote: > > >> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> > > >> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 19:02:05 +0300 > > >> > > >> > There's a 32 bit hole just after type. It's best to > > >> > give it a name, this way compiler is forced to initialize > > >> > it with rest of the structure. > > >> > > > >> > Reported-by: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana.org> > > >> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com> > > >> > > >> Michael, will you be sending this directly to Linus or would you like > > >> me to apply it to net or net-next? > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > > > > > I'd prefer you to apply it for net and cc stable if possible. > > > > Ok, applied, and added to my -stable submission queue. > > Hold on, this patch changes the layout for i386 (where there is > no padding at all). And it's part of UAPI. > > - Kevin > > >Ouch. True - and in particular the 32 bit ABI on 64 bit kernels doesn't work at all. Hmm. It's relatively new and maybe there aren't any 32 bit users yet. Thoughts? -- MST
From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst at redhat.com> Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 16:36:37 +0300> Ouch. True - and in particular the 32 bit ABI on 64 bit kernels doesn't > work at all. Hmm. It's relatively new and maybe there aren't any 32 bit > users yet. Thoughts?If it's been in a released kernel version, we really aren't at liberty to play "maybe nobody uses this" UAPI changing games. Please send me a revert.