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

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Date:	Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:51:31 -0800
From:	Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	Matt Carlson <mcarlson@...adcom.com>,
	Eilon Greenstein <eilong@...adcom.com>,
	Shreyas Bhatewara <sbhatewara@...are.com>,
	"VMware, Inc." <pv-drivers@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] ethtool: Centralise validation of ETHTOOL_{G,S}RXFHINDIR
 parameters

On 12/15/2011 03:55 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 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>
> ---
> The bnx2x, cxgb4 and vmxnet3 changes are compile-tested only.

The cxgb4 and core changes look good.

Acked-by: Dimitris Michailidis <dm@...lsio.com>
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