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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2023 16:43:20 +0200
From:   Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Claudiu Manoil <claudiu.manoil@....com>,
        Xiaoliang Yang <xiaoliang.yang_1@....com>,
        Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>,
        Danielle Ratson <danieller@...dia.com>,
        Pranavi Somisetty <pranavi.somisetty@....com>,
        Harini Katakam <harini.katakam@....com>,
        Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@...el.com>,
        Kurt Kanzenbach <kurt@...utronix.de>,
        Gerhard Engleder <gerhard@...leder-embedded.com>,
        Ferenc Fejes <ferenc.fejes@...csson.com>,
        Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/9] net: ethtool: mm: sanitize some UAPI
 configurations

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 02:14:55PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> The verify-enabled boolean (ETHTOOL_A_MM_VERIFY_ENABLED) was intended to
> be a sub-setting of tx-enabled (ETHTOOL_A_MM_TX_ENABLED). IOW, MAC Merge
> TX can be enabled with or without verification, but verification with TX
> disabled makes no sense.
> 
> The pmac-enabled boolean (ETHTOOL_A_MM_PMAC_ENABLED) was intended to be
> a global toggle from an API perspective, whereas tx-enabled just handles
> the TX direction. IOW, the pMAC can be enabled with or without TX, but
> it doesn't make sense to enable TX if the pMAC is not enabled.
> 
> Add two checks which sanitize and reject these invalid cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>

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