This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled af_unix: Convert the unix_sk macro to an inline function for type safety to the 3.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: af_unix-convert-the-unix_sk-macro-to-an-inline-function-for-type-safety.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From foo@baz Thu Oct 22 17:25:59 PDT 2015 From: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2015 18:50:42 -0400 Subject: af_unix: Convert the unix_sk macro to an inline function for type safety From: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 4613012db1d911f80897f9446a49de817b2c4c47 ] As suggested by Eric Dumazet this change replaces the #define with a static inline function to enjoy complaints by the compiler when misusing the API. Signed-off-by: Aaron Conole <aconole@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/af_unix.h | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/include/net/af_unix.h +++ b/include/net/af_unix.h @@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ struct unix_sock { #define UNIX_GC_MAYBE_CYCLE 1 struct socket_wq peer_wq; }; -#define unix_sk(__sk) ((struct unix_sock *)__sk) + +static inline struct unix_sock *unix_sk(struct sock *sk) +{ + return (struct unix_sock *)sk; +} #define peer_wait peer_wq.wait Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from aconole@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.14/af_unix-convert-the-unix_sk-macro-to-an-inline-function-for-type-safety.patch queue-3.14/af_unix-return-data-from-multiple-skbs-on-recv-with-msg_peek-flag.patch queue-3.14/net-unix-fix-logic-about-sk_peek_offset.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html