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authorAllan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com>2006-06-25 23:38:29 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-06-25 23:38:29 -0700
commit49384507896ee26e67266cebef6b6a9f2e31081c (patch)
tree0a1dd7ef172455c7a433755277c331e3690c10bf /include
parent2535ec50b7a51833ff65dc97ca85e1155d4090f8 (diff)
[TIPC]: Corrected potential misuse of tipc_media_addr structure.
Signed-off-by: Allan Stephens <allan.stephens@windriver.com> Signed-off-by: Per Liden <per.liden@ericsson.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
-rw-r--r--include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h b/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
index 098607cd4b7..e07136d74c2 100644
--- a/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
+++ b/include/net/tipc/tipc_bearer.h
@@ -49,10 +49,18 @@
#define TIPC_MEDIA_TYPE_ETH 1
+/*
+ * Destination address structure used by TIPC bearers when sending messages
+ *
+ * IMPORTANT: The fields of this structure MUST be stored using the specified
+ * byte order indicated below, as the structure is exchanged between nodes
+ * as part of a link setup process.
+ */
+
struct tipc_media_addr {
- __u32 type;
+ __u32 type; /* bearer type (network byte order) */
union {
- __u8 eth_addr[6]; /* Ethernet bearer */
+ __u8 eth_addr[6]; /* 48 bit Ethernet addr (byte array) */
#if 0
/* Prototypes for other possible bearer types */