linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net V5] virtio-net: validate features during probe

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 00:27:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jasowang@...hat.com
Cc:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, mst@...hat.com,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, cornelia.huck@...ibm.com,
	gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net V5] virtio-net: validate features during probe

From: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 17:03:05 +0800

> We currently trigger BUG when VIRTIO_NET_F_CTRL_VQ
> is not set but one of features depending on it is.
> That's not a friendly way to report errors to
> hypervisors.
> Let's check, and fail probe instead.
> 
> Cc: Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
> Cc: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Wanlong Gao <gaowanlong@...fujitsu.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.
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