netdev - [PATCH] ethtool: FLOW_EXT may confuse drivers

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Date:	Fri, 13 May 2011 10:19:04 -0400
From:	Sebastian.Poehn@...den.com
To:	"netdev" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ethtool: FLOW_EXT may confuse drivers

The FLOW_EXT bit must be masked out. Otherwise if e.g. vlan is set a driver receiving the ntuple may not detect the flow_type correctly!

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Poehn <sebastian.poehn@...den.com>

diff --git a/ethtool.c b/ethtool.c
index 34fe107..0b7ec05 100644
--- a/ethtool.c
+++ b/ethtool.c
@@ -3134,6 +3134,9 @@ static int flow_spec_to_ntuple(struct ethtool_rx_flow_spec *fsp,
                 (u64)ntohl(~fsp->m_ext.data[1]);
         }
     }
+    
+    /*Mask out the extended bit, because ntuple does not know it!*/
+    ntuple->flow_type &= ~FLOW_EXT;

     return 0;
 }

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