netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] ethtool: fix ethtool msg len calculation for pause stats

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Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 03:34:11 +0000
From:   Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
To:     "kuba@...nel.org" <kuba@...nel.org>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:     "mkubecek@...e.cz" <mkubecek@...e.cz>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] ethtool: fix ethtool msg len calculation for pause
 stats

On Tue, 2021-11-02 at 15:02 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_MAX is the MAX attribute id,
> so we need to subtract non-stats and add one to
> get a count (IOW -2+1 == -1).
> 
> Otherwise we'll see:
> 
>   ethnl cmd 21: calculated reply length 40, but consumed 52
> 
> Fixes: 9a27a33027f2 ("ethtool: add standard pause stats")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>