Re: [PATCH net-next 05/15] ethtool: set netdev features with FEATURES_SET request

From: Michal Kubecek
Date: Thu Mar 12 2020 - 05:45:39 EST


On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 03:56:32PM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 22:40:28 +0100 (CET) Michal Kubecek wrote:
> > + if (!(req_info.flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_OMIT_REPLY)) {
> > + bool compact = req_info.flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_COMPACT_BITSETS;
>
> is req_info->flags validated anywhere to make sure users get an error
> when they set a bit unrecognized by the kernel? :S

It's not and it it definitely should be. As this also affects code which
is already in mainline, I'll send a patch with the check for net tree.

Michal