netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] ethtool: Support to take FW dump

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Date:	Tue, 3 May 2011 22:22:47 -0700
From:	Anirban Chakraborty <anirban.chakraborty@...gic.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH] ethtool: Support to take FW dump


On May 3, 2011, at 6:06 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> <snip>
> 
> I understand that the userland application will need to get the size
> that way.  I'm saying that this code in the kernel should also get the
> size from the driver, so that a malicious application cannot make the
> kernel allocate an excessively large buffer.
Makes sense. Will do so.

> 
> Also, you'll need to submit your implementation along with this, as
> David won't accept an extension to the API without a driver that
> implements it.
I have implemented it in qlcnic driver. Will submit it along with the v2 patches.
Thanks.

-Anirban
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