From: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:25:26 -0600 Subject: [dlm] zero unused parts of sockaddr_storage Message-id: 20071129162526.GB8513@redhat.com O-Subject: [RHEL5.2 PATCH] dlm: zero unused parts of sockaddr_storage Bugzilla: 358771 bz 358771 When we build a sockaddr_storage for an IP address, clear the unused parts as they could be used for node comparisons. I have seen this occasionally make sctp connections fail. Signed-Off-By: Patrick Caulfield <pcaulfie@redhat.com> Upstream commit http://git.kernel.org/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=01c8cab25863de007fe8c598d0033919ea8ae65e Acked-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com> diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c index d7be4b4..2e81536 100644 --- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c +++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c @@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ static void make_sockaddr(struct sockaddr_storage *saddr, uint16_t port, in6_addr->sin6_port = cpu_to_be16(port); *addr_len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in6); } + memset((char *)saddr + *addr_len, 0, sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage) - *addr_len); } /* Close a remote connection and tidy up */