netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] tg3: Avoid Send BD corruption

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:30:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mchan@...adcom.com
Cc:	mcarlson@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, andy@...yhouse.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] tg3: Avoid Send BD corruption

From: "Michael Chan" <mchan@...adcom.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:19:28 -0700

> OK, we'll resubmit this for net-next then.  But I still think this one
> should qualify.  We do internal testing to find as many problems as
> possible so that real users don't see too many of them.

If driver authors can do these kinds of things to their heart's
content, and then submit lots of patches fixing all the bugs they
find, where are we able to draw the line?

That's the problem.  And right now my (and Linus's) solution is to push
back and say no unless it meets strict criteria.
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