netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] netlink: bug fix: don't overrun skbs on vf

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Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 03:42:51 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	scofeldm@...co.com
Cc:	chrisw@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	arnd@...db.de
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH 1/2] netlink: bug fix: don't overrun skbs on
 vf_port dump

From: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 00:15:46 -0700

> From: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>
> 
> Noticed by Patrick McHardy: was continuing to fill skb after a
> nla_put_failure, ignoring the size calculated by upper layer.  Now,
> return -EMSGSIZE on any overruns, but also allow netdev to
> fail ndo_get_vf_port with error other than -EMSGSIZE, thus unwinding
> nest.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Scott Feldman <scofeldm@...co.com>

Applied.
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