netdev - Re: [PATCH net] rtnetlink: fix VF info size

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Date:	Fri, 08 Aug 2014 10:34:34 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jbenc@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ronye@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] rtnetlink: fix VF info size

From: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Date: Fri,  8 Aug 2014 16:44:32 +0200

> Commit 1d8faf48c74b8 ("net/core: Add VF link state control") added new
> attribute to IFLA_VF_INFO group in rtnl_fill_ifinfo but did not adjust size
> of the allocated memory in if_nlmsg_size/rtnl_vfinfo_size. As the result, we
> may trigger warnings in rtnl_getlink and similar functions when many VF
> links are enabled, as the information does not fit into the allocated skb.
> 
> Fixes: 1d8faf48c74b8 ("net/core: Add VF link state control")
> Reported-by: Yulong Pei <ypei@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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