netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 12/12] ionic: advertise support for hardware timestamps

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

Message-ID: <20210405182329.GC29333@hoboy.vegasvil.org>
Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 11:23:29 -0700
From:   Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:     Shannon Nelson <snelson@...sando.io>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        drivers@...sando.io, Allen Hubbe <allenbh@...sando.io>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 12/12] ionic: advertise support for hardware
 timestamps

On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 09:33:46AM -0700, Shannon Nelson wrote:
> Yes, I supposed they could have gone together.  However, I believe that in a
> bisection this will only slightly confuse the user space tools, but won't
> cause any kernel pain.

Bisection typically involves running tests from user space.  The test
failing or passing determines whether the commit will be marked GOOD
or BAD.  This use case is a real thing.

Thanks,
Richard