netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4 V2] Ethernet drivers in 3.14-rc3 kernel: fix 3 buffer overflows triggered by hardware devices

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Message-Id: <20140324.131733.723749970605014851.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2014 13:17:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alon@...vatecore.com
Cc:	David.Laight@...lab.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	grantgrundler@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4 V2] Ethernet drivers in 3.14-rc3 kernel: fix 3
 buffer overflows triggered by hardware devices

From: Alon Nafta <alon@...vatecore.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:41:21 -0700

> In regards to your comment about hardware-induced problems, from a
> holistic point of view, IMHO any buffer overflow should get fixed.

I completely disagree with you.

If we had to accomodate every possible arbitrary mis-behavior of
hardware, the drivers would be so bloated as to be nearly unusable.
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