linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] tun/macvtap: TUNSETIFF fixes

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Message-Id: <20141216.112021.1488501911448698827.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:20:21 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mst@...hat.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, jasowang@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] tun/macvtap: TUNSETIFF fixes

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 15:04:53 +0200

> Dan Carpenter reported the following:
 ...
> And that's true: we have run out of IFF flags in tun.
> 
> So let's not try to add more: add simple GET/SET ioctls
> instead. Easy to test, leads to clear semantics.
> 
> Alternatively we'll have to revert the whole thing for 3.19,
> but that seems more work as this has dependencies
> in other places.
> 
> While here, I noticed that macvtap was actually reading
> ifreq flags as a 32 bit field.
> Fix that up as well.

Looks good, series applied, thanks.
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