[CRIU] [PATCH 02/11] images: sk-packet -- Reserve data for netlink queue support

[Pavel Emelyanov]

On 09/14/2016 03:21 PM, Andrey Vagin wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 07:30:56PM +0300, Cyrill Gorcunov wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 06:14:56PM +0300, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Guys, can we merge this patch please? This field is present in vz7
>>>> release and it may conflict with future vanilla releases, which is
>>>> unacceptable.
>>>
>>> I asked whether the new field identifies the sender and, if it does,
>>> align this with Kirill Tkhai's patches to add sender id for unix sockets
>>> as well.
>>
>> No, this field doesn't identify the sender, it simply stands for
>> data to be put for netlink queue. The socket data belongs to is
>> identified by @id_for entry.
> 
> Kirill saves a sender id, here we save a whole address.

Address of what?

> For netlink
> sockets, we don't need to have a sender to restore a message.
> .
>