netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] Validate all netlink attributes and return error if any of the validation fails.

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Message-Id: <20150317.023738.194707115141514694.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:37:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sfeldma@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/3] Validate all netlink attributes and
 return error if any of the validation fails.

From: Siva Mannem <siva.mannem.lnx@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 10:29:28 +0530

> As Scott mentioned,  these functions can be enhanced to take
> extra argument to avoid extra range checking happening in br_changelink()
> path. Is this approach ok?

Make validation helper inline functions, call them from the individual
sysfs call sites and from br_changelink().
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