netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: prevent sign extension in dev_get

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Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:51:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:     dheidler@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: prevent sign extension in dev_get_stats()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:02:20 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Similar to the fix provided by Dominik Heidler in commit
> 9b3dc0a17d73 ("l2tp: cast l2tp traffic counter to unsigned")
> we need to take care of 32bit kernels in dev_get_stats().
> 
> When using atomic_long_read(), we add a 'long' to u64 and
> might misinterpret high order bit, unless we cast to unsigned.
> 
> Fixes: caf586e5f23ce ("net: add a core netdev->rx_dropped counter")
> Fixes: 015f0688f57ca ("net: net: add a core netdev->tx_dropped counter")
> Fixes: 6e7333d315a76 ("net: add rx_nohandler stat counter")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.