Family ID from the original family struct will be used when building genl messages (sent as nlmsg_type), so the new id should be updated in the original (older kernel format) family struct too Signed-off-by: Aaron Komisar <aaron.komisar@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- backport/compat/backport-4.12.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/backport/compat/backport-4.12.c b/backport/compat/backport-4.12.c index 2372a11..4948b53 100644 --- a/backport/compat/backport-4.12.c +++ b/backport/compat/backport-4.12.c @@ -225,6 +225,13 @@ int bp_extack_genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family) /* copy this since the family might access it directly */ family->id = copy->family.id; family->attrbuf = copy->family.attrbuf; + + /* family ID from the original family struct will be used when building + * genl messages (sent as nlmsg_type), so the new id should be updated + * in the original (older kernel format) family struct too + */ + family->family.id = copy->family.id; + #if LINUX_VERSION_IS_GEQ(3,13,0) family->mcgrp_offset = copy->family.mcgrp_offset; #endif -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe backports" in