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[net-next-2.6] netlink: fix typo in initialization

Message ID 20091008072323.GA3255@psychotron.lab.eng.brq.redhat.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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Jiri Pirko Oct. 8, 2009, 7:23 a.m. UTC
Commit 9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8 introduced a typo in
initialization. This patch fixes this.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>

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David Miller Oct. 8, 2009, 7:57 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:23:23 +0200

> Commit 9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8 introduced a typo in
> initialization. This patch fixes this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>

Doesn't this leak some uninitialized bytes to userspace?

Therefore, this fix probably belongs in net-2.6 and -stable instead
of net-next-2.6, right?

> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> index 6a53694..7cf6c0f 100644
> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int tcf_fill_node(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
>  	tcm = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
>  	tcm->tcm_family = AF_UNSPEC;
>  	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
> -	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
> +	tcm->tcm__pad2 = 0;
>  	tcm->tcm_ifindex = qdisc_dev(tp->q)->ifindex;
>  	tcm->tcm_parent = tp->classid;
>  	tcm->tcm_info = TC_H_MAKE(tp->prio, tp->protocol);
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Jiri Pirko Oct. 8, 2009, 8:08 a.m. UTC | #2
Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:57:43AM CEST, davem@davemloft.net wrote:
>From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:23:23 +0200
>
>> Commit 9ef1d4c7c7aca1cd436612b6ca785b726ffb8ed8 introduced a typo in
>> initialization. This patch fixes this.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
>
>Doesn't this leak some uninitialized bytes to userspace?

Yes it does.

>
>Therefore, this fix probably belongs in net-2.6 and -stable instead
>of net-next-2.6, right?

Okay. The patch is applicable on net-2.6 (I presume on -stable too). Feel free
to apply.

Thanks.

Jirka

>
>> diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> index 6a53694..7cf6c0f 100644
>> --- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> +++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
>> @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int tcf_fill_node(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
>>  	tcm = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
>>  	tcm->tcm_family = AF_UNSPEC;
>>  	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
>> -	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
>> +	tcm->tcm__pad2 = 0;
>>  	tcm->tcm_ifindex = qdisc_dev(tp->q)->ifindex;
>>  	tcm->tcm_parent = tp->classid;
>>  	tcm->tcm_info = TC_H_MAKE(tp->prio, tp->protocol);
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David Miller Oct. 8, 2009, 8:20 a.m. UTC | #3
From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 10:08:59 +0200

> Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 09:57:43AM CEST, davem@davemloft.net wrote:
>>From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
>>Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 09:23:23 +0200
>>
>>Therefore, this fix probably belongs in net-2.6 and -stable instead
>>of net-next-2.6, right?
> 
> Okay. The patch is applicable on net-2.6 (I presume on -stable too). Feel free
> to apply.

Great, I'll take care of this, thanks.
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Patch

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index 6a53694..7cf6c0f 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@  static int tcf_fill_node(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	tcm = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
 	tcm->tcm_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
-	tcm->tcm__pad1 = 0;
+	tcm->tcm__pad2 = 0;
 	tcm->tcm_ifindex = qdisc_dev(tp->q)->ifindex;
 	tcm->tcm_parent = tp->classid;
 	tcm->tcm_info = TC_H_MAKE(tp->prio, tp->protocol);