Re: [PATCH 1/2] RDMA/uverbs: Fix the check for port number

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jul 14 2017 - 02:48:22 EST


On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 02:37:37PM -0500, Mustafa Ismail wrote:
> The port number is only valid if IB_QP_PORT is set in the mask.
> So only check port number if it is valid to prevent modify_qp from
> failing due to an invalid port number.
>
> Fixes: 5ecce4c9b17b("Check port number supplied by user verbs cmds")
> Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree. Please read:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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