netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ethtool: fix wrong type used in struct kernel_ethtool_ts

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Message-Id: 
 <175755240661.1614523.16873488190452553602.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 01:00:06 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Russell King <rmk+kernel@...linux.org.uk>
Cc: kory.maincent@...tlin.com, wintera@...ux.ibm.com, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 pabeni@...hat.com, sln@...main.com, horms@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ethtool: fix wrong type used in struct
 kernel_ethtool_ts_info

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:43:20 +0100 you wrote:
> In C, enumerated types do not have a defined size, apart from being
> compatible with one of the standard types. This allows an ABI /
> compiler to choose the type of an enum depending on the values it
> needs to store, and storing larger values in it can lead to undefined
> behaviour.
> 
> The tx_type and rx_filters members of struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info
> are defined as enumerated types, but are bit arrays, where each bit
> is defined by the enumerated type. This means they typically store
> values in excess of the maximum value of the enumerated type, in
> fact (1 << max_value) and thus must not be declared using the
> enumated type.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: ethtool: fix wrong type used in struct kernel_ethtool_ts_info
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/6fef6ae764be

You are awesome, thank you!
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