netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: ena: ethtool: add extra properties retrieval via get_priv

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:43:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, oss-drivers@...ronome.com,
        nafea@...zon.com, dwmw2@...radead.org, sameehj@...zon.com,
        zorik@...zon.com, saeedb@...zon.com, netanel@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Revert "net: ena: ethtool: add extra
 properties retrieval via get_priv_flags"

From: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:59:56 -0700

> This reverts commit 315c28d2b714 ("net: ena: ethtool: add extra properties retrieval via get_priv_flags").
> 
> As discussed at netconf and on the mailing list we can't allow
> for the the abuse of private flags for exposing arbitrary device
> labels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@...ronome.com>

Amazon folks I think this is entirely reasonable, please ACK.

Thanks.