netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] if_link: Add an additional parameter to ifla_vf

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Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:34:56 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	avi@...udius-systems.com, gleb@...udius-systems.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] if_link: Add an additional parameter
 to ifla_vf_info for RSS querying

On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 21:35 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> Add configuration setting for drivers to allow/block an RSS
> Redirection Table and
> a Hash Key querying for discrete VFs.
> 
> On some devices VF share the mentioned above information with PF and
> querying it may
> adduce a theoretical security risk. We want to let a system
> administrator to decide if he/she
> wants to take this risk or not.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/if_link.h      |  1 +
>  include/linux/netdevice.h    |  8 ++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |  8 ++++++++
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Thanks Vlad, applied to my queue.
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