netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] ethtool: Centralise validation of ETHTOOL

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Message-Id: <20111216.135337.67079945455480864.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:53:37 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	mcarlson@...adcom.com, eilong@...adcom.com, dm@...lsio.com,
	sbhatewara@...are.com, pv-drivers@...are.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] ethtool: Centralise validation of
 ETHTOOL_{G,S}RXFHINDIR parameters

From: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:55:01 +0000

> Add a new ethtool operation (get_rxfh_indir_size) to get the
> indirectional table size.  Use this to validate the user buffer size
> before calling get_rxfh_indir or set_rxfh_indir.  Use get_rxnfc to get
> the number of RX rings, and validate the contents of the new
> indirection table before calling set_rxfh_indir.  Remove this
> validation from drivers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>

Applied.
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