Re: [PATCH net-next] openvswitch: Fix serialization of non-masked set actions.
From: Joe Stringer
Date: Tue Mar 03 2015 - 15:47:56 EST
On 3 March 2015 at 11:39, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 18:49:56 -0800
>
>> Set actions consist of a regular OVS_KEY_ATTR_* attribute nested inside
>> of a OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET action attribute. When converting masked actions
>> back to regular set actions, the inner attribute length was not changed,
>> ie, double the length being serialized. This patch fixes the bug.
>>
>> Fixes: 83d2b9b ("net: openvswitch: Support masked set actions.")
>> Signed-off-by: Joe Stringer <joestringer@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> This fix needs to be applied to net as well; it applies cleanly.
>
> This is backwards, don't do this. Just say that 'net' needs the fix
> and submit it targetting that tree only. Things in 'net' propagate
> into 'net-next' automatically as I do merges over time, but the
> opposite is not true.
OK, I'll resend.
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