netdev - Re: [PATCH] tc: filter: validate filter priority in userspace.

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:39:58 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Li Wei <lw@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tc: filter: validate filter priority in userspace.

On Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:45:28 +0800
Li Wei <lw@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 
> Because we use the high 16 bits of tcm_info to pass prio value to
> kernel, thus it's range would be [0, 0xffff], without validation
> in tc when user pass a lager(>65535) priority, the actual priority
> set in kernel would confuse the user.
> 
> So, add a validation to ensure prio in the range.

Applied
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