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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2015 23:12:51 +0000
From:	"Schmitt, Phillip J" <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com>
To:	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"avi@...udius-systems.com" <avi@...udius-systems.com>,
	"intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org" <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>,
	"gleb@...udius-systems.com" <gleb@...udius-systems.com>
Subject: RE: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] if_link: Add an
 additional parameter to ifla_vf_info for RSS querying



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Intel-wired-lan [mailto:intel-wired-lan-bounces@...ts.osuosl.org] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Kirsher
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:35 AM
> To: Vlad Zolotarov
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org; avi@...udius-systems.com; intel-wired-
> lan@...ts.osuosl.org; gleb@...udius-systems.com
> Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v10 1/7] if_link: Add an additional
> parameter to ifla_vf_info for RSS querying
> 
> On Mon, 2015-03-30 at 21:35 +0300, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
> > Add configuration setting for drivers to allow/block an RSS
> > Redirection Table and a Hash Key querying for discrete VFs.
> >
> > On some devices VF share the mentioned above information with PF and
> > querying it may adduce a theoretical security risk. We want to let a
> > system administrator to decide if he/she wants to take this risk or
> > not.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <vladz@...udius-systems.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/if_link.h      |  1 +
> >  include/linux/netdevice.h    |  8 ++++++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |  8 ++++++++
> >  net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >  4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> Thanks Vlad, applied to my queue.
> --
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jkirsher/next-queue.git
> dev-queue

Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@...el.com>