netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] rtnl: protect do_setlink from IFLA_XDP

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:21:52 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:	Brenden Blanco <bblanco@...mgrid.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
	Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] rtnl: protect do_setlink from
 IFLA_XDP_ATTACHED

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 05:22:34PM -0700, Brenden Blanco wrote:
> The IFLA_XDP_ATTACHED nested attribute is meant for read-only, and while
> do_setlink properly ignores it, it should be more paranoid and reject
> commands that try to set it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brenden Blanco <bblanco@...mgrid.com>

Suggested-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>