-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
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From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[NET_SCHED]: cls_tcindex: fix compatibility breakage
Userspace uses an integer for TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT, the kernel was changed
to expect and use a u16 value in 2.6.11, which broke compatibility on
big endian machines. Change back to use int.
Reported by Ole Reinartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
net/sched/cls_tcindex.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_tcindex.c
@@ -245,9 +245,9 @@ tcindex_set_parms(struct tcf_proto *tp,
}
if (tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT-1]) {
- if (RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT-1]) < sizeof(u16))
+ if (RTA_PAYLOAD(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT-1]) < sizeof(int))
goto errout;
- cp.shift = *(u16 *) RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT-1]);
+ cp.shift = *(int *) RTA_DATA(tb[TCA_TCINDEX_SHIFT-1]);
}
err = -EBUSY;
--
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