# Re: \[PATCH net-next\] ethtool: add a stricter length check

- From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
- Date: 2021-06-16 07:50:12 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/06/11205582
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2021/06/11205571/t.md

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Tue, 15 Jun 2021 20:33:38 -0700 you wrote:
> There has been a few errors in the ethtool reply size calculations,
> most of those are hard to trigger during basic testing because of
> skb size rounding up and netdev names being shorter than max.
> Add a more precise check.
> 
> This change will affect the value of payload length displayed in
> case of -EMSGSIZE but that should be okay, "payload length" isn't
> a well defined term here.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] ethtool: add a stricter length check
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/4d1fb7cde0cc

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