On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:31:39 +0100 Remi Pommarel wrote:
> In compat mode SIOC{G,S}IFBR ioctls were only supporting
> BRCTL_GET_VERSION returning an artificially version to spur userland
> tool to use SIOCDEVPRIVATE instead. But some userland tools ignore that
> and use SIOC{G,S}IFBR unconditionally as seen with busybox's brctl.
>
> Example of non working 32-bit brctl with CONFIG_COMPAT=y:
> $ brctl show
> brctl: SIOCGIFBR: Invalid argument
>
> Example of fixed 32-bit brctl with CONFIG_COMPAT=y:
> $ brctl show
> bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces
> br0
>
> Signed-off-by: Remi Pommarel <[email protected]>
> Co-developed-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>
Since Arnd said this is not supposed to be backported I presume it
should go to net-next?
