netdev - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] drivers: net: xen-netfront: fix array initialization bug

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 10:42:20 +0100
From:	David Vrabel <david.vrabel@...rix.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	<v.maffione@...il.com>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] drivers: net: xen-netfront: fix array initialization
 bug

On 12/04/14 21:51, David Miller wrote:
> From: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2014 11:55:40 +0200
> 
>> This patch fixes the initialization of an array used in the TX
>> datapath that was mistakenly initialized together with the
>> RX datapath arrays. An out of range array access could happen
>> when RX and TX rings had different sizes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vincenzo Maffione <v.maffione@...il.com>
> 
> Good catch, applied, thanks.

Thanks.  You can queue this for net-next since the Tx and Rx rings are
the same constant size.

David
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