Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip fou: Pass family attribute as u8

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 15:28:13 +0100
Filip Moc <dev@moc6.cz> wrote:

> This fixes fou on big-endian systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Filip Moc <dev@moc6.cz>
> ---
>  ip/ipfou.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ip/ipfou.c b/ip/ipfou.c
> index febc2c8c..1f392ade 100644
> --- a/ip/ipfou.c
> +++ b/ip/ipfou.c
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static int fou_parse_opt(int argc, char **argv, struct nlmsghdr *n,
>  	__u8 ipproto, type;
>  	bool gue_set = false;
>  	int ipproto_set = 0;
> -	unsigned short family = AF_INET;
> +	__u8 family = AF_INET;
>  
>  	while (argc > 0) {
>  		if (!matches(*argv, "port")) {
> @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static int fou_parse_opt(int argc, char **argv, struct nlmsghdr *n,
>  
>  	addattr16(n, 1024, FOU_ATTR_PORT, port);
>  	addattr8(n, 1024, FOU_ATTR_TYPE, type);
> -	addattr16(n, 1024, FOU_ATTR_AF, family);
> +	addattr8(n, 1024, FOU_ATTR_AF, family);
>  
>  	if (ipproto_set)
>  		addattr8(n, 1024, FOU_ATTR_IPPROTO, ipproto);

How is this binary compatiable with older versions.