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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@cogentembedded.com>
To: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@redhat.com>, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ursula Braun <ubraun@linux.ibm.com>,
	Karsten Graul <kgraul@linux.ibm.com>,
	Hans Wippel <hwippel@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/2] net/smc: retain old name for diag_mode field
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 11:34:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <9081dc32-8d5e-df78-7570-93862ac1f9f1@cogentembedded.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181006203226.GA11438@asgard.redhat.com>

On 10/6/2018 11:32 PM, Eugene Syromiatnikov wrote:

> Commit v4.19-rc1~140^2~285^2~4 changed the name of diag_fallback field

    The commit citing style should be the same as in the "Fixes:" tag.

> of struct smc_diag_msg structure to diag_mode.  However, this structure
> is a part of UAPI, and this change breaks user space applications that
> use it ([1], for example).  Since the new name is more suitable, convert
> the field to a union that provides access to the data via both the new
> and the old name.
> 
> [1] https://gitlab.com/strace/strace/blob/v4.24/netlink_smc_diag.c#L165
> 
> Fixes: c601171d7a60 ("net/smc: provide smc mode in smc_diag.c")
> Signed-off-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@redhat.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei

      reply	other threads:[~2018-10-07  8:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-10-06 20:32 [PATCH net 2/2] net/smc: retain old name for diag_mode field Eugene Syromiatnikov
2018-10-07  8:34 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]

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