netdev - Re: [PATCH v4] net: fix hw_features ethtool_ops->set

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Date:	Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:16:42 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	Vladislav Zolotarov <vladz@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] net: fix hw_features ethtool_ops->set_flags
 compatibility

Le vendredi 22 avril 2011 à 01:59 +0200, Michał Mirosław a écrit :
> __ethtool_set_flags() was not taking into account features set but not
> user-toggleable.
> 
> Since GFLAGS returns masked dev->features, EINVAL is returned when
> passed flags differ to it, and not to wanted_features.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
> ---
> This should be the simpler way Ben was talking about.
> 
>  net/core/ethtool.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
> index 13d79f5..d8b1a8d 100644
> --- a/net/core/ethtool.c
> +++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
> @@ -546,12 +546,12 @@ int __ethtool_set_flags(struct net_device *dev, u32 data)
>  	}
>  
>  	/* allow changing only bits set in hw_features */
> -	changed = (data ^ dev->wanted_features) & flags_dup_features;
> +	changed = (data ^ dev->features) & flags_dup_features;
>  	if (changed & ~dev->hw_features)
>  		return (changed & dev->hw_features) ? -EINVAL : -EOPNOTSUPP;
>  
>  	dev->wanted_features =
> -		(dev->wanted_features & ~changed) | data;
> +		(dev->wanted_features & ~changed) | (data & dev->hw_features);
>  
>  	__netdev_update_features(dev);
>  

Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Tested-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Thanks, this solves the bnx2x problem !


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