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

[Jamal Hadi Salim]

On 16-09-28 08:45 AM, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:

> > Note: inet_diag somewhere has a netlink structure that
> > has a hole. I pointed it out to Eric D. and he said we cant
> > add it now because it would break ABI.
>
> Naming holes generated by a compiler for alignment sake should
> not break abi (because alignments are abi by self), but I may
> be missing something in context of where the structure you're
> talking about is present. And what about non-x86 archs? They
> might have different members alignment requirements.

struct tcp_info.

Sorry - i didnt mean to drag this for long; but the more i think
about it, the union is a pragmatic approach.

cheers,
jamal