From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:03:25 +0200 > @@ -170,11 +170,13 @@ struct bridge_stp_xstats { > /* Bridge vlan RTM header */ > struct br_vlan_msg { > __u8 family; > - __u8 reserved1; > + __u8 flags; > __u16 reserved2; > __u32 ifindex; > }; I can't allow this for two reasons: 1) Userspace explicitly initializing all members will now get a compile failure on the reference to ->reserved1 2) Userspace not initiailizing reserved fields, which worked previously, might send in flags that trigger the new behavior. Sorry, this is UAPI breakage.