netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: Do not register devlink for unused ports

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Fri, 18 May 2018 12:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...nulli.us, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: dsa: Do not register devlink for unused
 ports

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 16:55:39 -0700

> Even if commit 1d27732f411d ("net: dsa: setup and teardown ports") indicated
> that registering a devlink instance for unused ports is not a problem, and this
> is true, this can be confusing nonetheless, so let's not do it.
> 
> Fixes: 1d27732f411d ("net: dsa: setup and teardown ports")
> Reported-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!