netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/15] net: Implement netdev_nl_bind_queue

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: <412f4b9a-61bb-4ac8-9069-16a62338bd87@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 12:27:59 +0200
From: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>
To: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: bpf@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
 razor@...ckwall.org, willemb@...gle.com, sdf@...ichev.me,
 john.fastabend@...il.com, martin.lau@...nel.org, jordan@...fe.io,
 maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com, magnus.karlsson@...el.com, dw@...idwei.uk,
 toke@...hat.com, yangzhenze@...edance.com, wangdongdong.6@...edance.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 02/15] net: Implement
 netdev_nl_bind_queue_doit

On 10/20/25 6:23 PM, Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> +	if (!src_dev->dev.parent) {
> +		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack,
> +			       "Source device is a virtual device");
> +		goto err_unlock_src_dev;
> +	}

Is this check strictly needed? I think that if we relax it, it could be
simpler to create all-virtual selftests.

/P