netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/2] e1000e: Don't return uninitialized stats

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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:23:48 +0200
From:   Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>
To:     Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.com>
Cc:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        Stefan Priebe <s.priebe@...fihost.ag>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH 1/2] e1000e: Don't return uninitialized
 stats

Dear Benjamin,


Thank you for your fix.

On 04/21/17 23:20, Benjamin Poirier wrote:
> Some statistics passed to ethtool are garbage because e1000e_get_stats64()
> doesn't write them, for example: tx_heartbeat_errors. This leaks kernel
> memory to userspace and confuses users.

Could you please give specific examples to reproduce the issue? That way 
your fix can also be tested.

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Kind regards,

Paul