linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] vdpa: Enable strict validation for netlink ops

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Message-ID: <20230726152820-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2023 15:28:38 -0400
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Dragos Tatulea <dtatulea@...dia.com>
Cc:     Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
        "linma@....edu.cn" <linma@....edu.cn>,
        "jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org" 
        <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com" <xuanzhuo@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] vdpa: Enable strict validation for netlink ops

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 06:56:24PM +0000, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> On Wed, 2023-07-26 at 14:36 -0400, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 09:30:48PM +0300, Dragos Tatulea wrote:
> > > The original patch from Lin Ma enables the vdpa driver to use validation
> > > netlink ops.
> > > 
> > > The second patch simply disables the validation skip which is no longer
> > > neccesary. Patchset started of from this discussion [0].
> > > 
> > > [0]
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/virtualization/20230726074710-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org/T/#t
> > 
> > Cc stable with at least 1/2 ?
> > 
> Sent a v2 with stable in cc. But looks like 1/2 breaks the "fix one thing only"
> rule due to the many Fixes tags I guess...

you can split it up to 3 patches to simplify backports if you like.



> > > Dragos Tatulea (1):
> > >   vdpa: Enable strict validation for netlinks ops
> > > 
> > > Lin Ma (1):
> > >   vdpa: Complement vdpa_nl_policy for nlattr length check
> > > 
> > >  drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 9 +++------
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > 2.41.0
> > 
>