Thread (33 messages) 33 messages, 4 authors, 2015-03-26

Re: [PATCH net-next v6 1/7] if_link: Add an additional parameter to ifla_vf_info for RSS querying

From: Jeff Kirsher <hidden>
Date: 2015-03-23 10:30:23

On Sun, 2015-03-22 at 21:01 +0200, Vlad Zolotarov wrote:
Add configuration setting for drivers to allow/block an RSS
Redirection Table and
a Hash Key querying for discrete VFs.

On some devices VF share the mentioned above information with PF and
querying it may
adduce a theoretical security risk. We want to let a system
administrator to decide if he/she
wants to take this risk or not.

Signed-off-by: Vlad Zolotarov <redacted>
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 include/linux/if_link.h      |  1 +
 include/linux/netdevice.h    |  8 ++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |  8 ++++++++
 net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 4 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Thanks Vlad, I have applied your patch to my next-queue tree
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