netdev - RE: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting

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Date:   Tue, 24 Apr 2018 11:23:12 +0000
From:   "Kalluru, Sudarsana" <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb.kuzminsky@...il.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Elior, Ariel" <Ariel.Elior@...ium.com>,
        Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@...ium.com>
Subject: RE: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting

-----Original Message-----
From: Florian Fainelli [mailto:f.fainelli@...il.com] 
Sent: 18 April 2018 05:12
To: Sebastian Kuzminsky <seb.kuzminsky@...il.com>; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; Elior, Ariel <Ariel.Elior@...ium.com>; Dept-Eng Everest Linux L2 <Dept-EngEverestLinuxL2@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: fix for bnx2x panic during ethtool reporting

+netdev, Ariel,

On 04/17/2018 10:21 AM, Sebastian Kuzminsky wrote:
> "ethtool -i" on a bnx2x interface causes kernel panic when the 
> firmware version is longer than expected.  The attached patch fixes 
> the problem by simplifying the string handling in bnx2x_fill_fw_str().
> It applies cleanly to 4.14 and 4.17-rc1.

If you want to have a chance of getting your patch included, your should make sure you copy the driver maintainers and the network mailinglist, doing that.
--
Florian

Acked-by: Sudarsana Kalluru <Sudarsana.Kalluru@...ium.com>