Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] MCTP sockaddr padding check/initialisation fixup

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Jakub,

> > This pair of patches introduces checks for padding fields of struct
> > sockaddr_mctp/sockaddr_mctp_ext to ease their re-use for possible
> > extensions in the future;  as well as zeroing of these fields
> > in the respective sockaddr filling routines.  While the first
> > commit
> > is definitely an ABI breakage, it is proposed in hopes that the
> > change
> > is made soon enough (the interface appeared only in Linux 5.15)
> > to avoid affecting any existing user space.
> 
> Seems reasonable, Jeremy can you send an ack?

Yep, will do ASAP - I'm planning also send references to the commits
ton the userspace side, so that we have a record of where everything
lines up on the updated ABI.

I'll have that done later today.

Cheers,


Jeremy