linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio-net: Verify page list size before fitting into skb

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Message-Id: <20111003.141951.1122469843900651595.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:19:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	levinsasha928@...il.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rusty@...tcorp.com.au,
	mst@...hat.com, virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] virtio-net: Verify page list size before
 fitting into skb

From: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:40:54 +0300

> This patch verifies that the length of a buffer stored in a linked list
> of pages is small enough to fit into a skb.
> 
> If the size is larger than a max size of a skb, it means that we shouldn't
> go ahead building skbs anyway since we won't be able to send the buffer as
> the user requested.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
> Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>

Michael, tell me what's happening with these two virtio-net bug fixes.

Thanks.
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