netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] ethtool: check size of user memory before copying strings and stats

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2016 01:11:53 +0000
From:	"Keller, Jacob E" <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:	"ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"bhutchings@...arflare.com" <bhutchings@...arflare.com>,
	"Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>,
	"jeff@...zik.org" <jeff@...zik.org>,
	"mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl" <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>,
	"alexander.duyck@...il.com" <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ethtool: check size of user memory before copying
 strings and stats

On Wed, 2016-03-02 at 00:12 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> NAK, ethtool is not the only consumer of the ethtool API.  How many
> times do I have to repeat myself?
> 
> Ben.
> 

Ok, so essentially forcing drivers to require static sets for the
various stats/strings/etc?

:(

Will have patches to cleanup fm10k for this then.

Regards,
Jake