On Monday 2015-11-23 18:35, David Laight wrote: >From: Florian Westphal >> Sent: 21 November 2015 16:56 >> > +struct xt_cgroup_info_v1 { >> > + char path[PATH_MAX]; >> > + __u32 classid; >> > + >> > + /* kernel internal data */ >> > + void *priv __attribute__((aligned(8))); >> > +}; >> >> Ahem. Am I reading this right? This struct is > 4k in size? >> If so -- Ugh. Does sizeof(path) really have to be PATH_MAX? > >I've not looked at the use, but could you put 'char path[];' >as the last member an require any allocations to be long enough >to contain the actual path?
Oh, smart :) Yeah, ebt_among does something like that. (.matchsize = -1, hint) Except that the "priv" pointer seems to be ruining the fun here - kernel vars have to be last, which collides with the requirements for []-type members. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html