netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/18] netvsc driver enhancements for net-next

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:30:05 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     stephen@...workplumber.org
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sthemmin@...rosoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/18] netvsc driver enhancements for net-next

From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 13:05:57 -0800

> Lots of little things in here. Support for minor more ethtool control,
> negotiation of offload parameters with host (based on FreeBSD) and
> several cleanups.

Series applied, but two comments for potential follow-on changes:

>   netvsc: enhance transmit select_queue

Wouldn't it be better to check for the channel table NULL pointer
before assigning the queue index to the socket?

>   netvsc: call netif_receive_skb

Hmmm, potential stack depth issues?