netdev - Re: [PATCH net 00/13] ptp: Validate the ancillary ioctl flags more carefully.

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Date:   Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:49:32 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     richardcochran@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
        brandon.streiff@...com, christopher.s.hall@...el.com,
        eugenia@...lanox.com, felipe.balbi@...ux.intel.com,
        ferasda@...lanox.com, jacob.e.keller@...el.com,
        jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com, sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
        stefan.sorensen@...ctralink.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 00/13] ptp: Validate the ancillary ioctl flags more
 carefully.

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 10:44:54 -0800

> The flags passed to the ioctls for periodic output signals and
> time stamping of external signals were never checked, and thus formed
> a useless ABI inadvertently.  More recently, a version 2 of the ioctls
> was introduced in order make the flags meaningful.  This series
> tightens up the checks on the new ioctl flags.
> 
> - Patch 1 ensures at least one edge flag is set for the new ioctl.
> - Patches 2-7 are Jacob's recent checks, picking up the tags.
> - Patch 8 introduces a "strict" flag for passing to the drivers when the
>   new ioctl is used.
> - Patches 9-12 implement the "strict" checking in the drivers.
> - Patch 13 extends the test program to exercise combinations of flags.

Series applied, thanks Richard.