Re: [PATCH v3] macvlan: validate flags

[David Miller]

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2013 18:25:54 +0300

> commit df8ef8f3aaa6692970a436204c4429210addb23a
>     macvlan: add FDB bridge ops and macvlan flags
> added a flags field to macvlan, which can be
> controlled from userspace.
> The idea is to make the interface future-proof
> so we can add flags and not new fields.
> 
> However, flags value isn't validated, as a result,
> userspace can't detect which flags are supported.
> 
> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: John Fastabend <john.r.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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