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    genetlink: start to validate reserved header bytes · 9c5d03d3
    Jakub Kicinski authored
    We had historically not checked that genlmsghdr.reserved
    is 0 on input which prevents us from using those precious
    bytes in the future.
    
    One use case would be to extend the cmd field, which is
    currently just 8 bits wide and 256 is not a lot of commands
    for some core families.
    
    To make sure that new families do the right thing by default
    put the onus of opting out of validation on existing families.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
    Acked-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> (NetLabel)
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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