On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 02:26:12 +0200, Guido Falsi wrote:
> 
> On 9/22/25 01:00, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 09:17:15PM +0200, Guido Falsi wrote:
> > G> > Is struct nd_ifinfo something that is used as argument to ioctl(2)?
> > G> > If so, then adding counter_u64_t into it is not correct.
> > G> >
> > G> > I would suggest to not revert the change as a whole, but remove the
> > G> > counter only and bring struct nd_ifinfo back to original.  The counter
> > G> > should probably go into struct in6_ifextra that is pointed by
> > G> > if->if_afdata[AF_INET6].
> > G>
> > G> Thanks for the feedback and suggestion!
> > G>
> > G> You are definitely right! I'm in the process to create a review for such 
> > a
> > G> change shortly, I'll post it as soon as I'm able to have the code tested.
> > 
> > As long as Herbert confirms that the patch fixes the issue for him, please
> > consider the change as approved by an src committer and please push it.  We
> > want to enter the stabweek that starts tomorrow without a ABI breakage.
> > 
> 
> @Herbert I'm attaching a patch against base sources for you to test.
> 
> It moves the new counter to in6_ifextra structure, removing the ABI
> breakage I introduced. Everything should be back to working with this.
> 
> Can you confirm it fixes the issue for you?

Thanks a lot, this patch fixes the issue.

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