From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 9349] New: RTNLGRP_ND_USEROPT does not report ifindex Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:59:03 -0800 Message-ID: <20071111115903.90f0fdc0.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org, rdenis@simphalempin.com To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:50063 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756145AbXKKT7m (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:59:42 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:52:41 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9349 > > Summary: RTNLGRP_ND_USEROPT does not report ifindex > Product: Networking > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: 2.6.24-rc > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: IPV6 > AssignedTo: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org > ReportedBy: rdenis@simphalempin.com > > > Most recent kernel where this bug did not occur: none > Distribution: N/A > Hardware Environment: any > Software Environment: any > Problem Description: > The RTNLGRP_ND_USEROPT NetLink message introduced in 2.6.24 does not seem to > include any information as to which netif the user options come from: > > struct nduseroptmsg > { > unsigned char nduseropt_family; > unsigned char nduseropt_pad1; > unsigned short nduseropt_opts_len; /* Total length of options */ > __u8 nduseropt_icmp_type; > __u8 nduseropt_icmp_code; > unsigned short nduseropt_pad2; > /* Followed by one or more ND options */ > }; > > Considering this is meant to carry data that is heavily link-layer involved, > this seems like a feature bug. Could an ifindex field be added there?? >