Re: [PATCH net-next] tap: report IFF_DETACH_QUEUE in TUNGETIFF

[Umang Pokhriyal]

On Thu, Oct 01, 2026 at 05:23:16PM +0000, netdev-bot+sashiko@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> [Severity: Medium]
> Can this break a read-modify-write of TUNGETIFF and TUNSETIFF on a
> detached queue?

Yes. tap accepts TUNSETIFF on a bound fd and tun does not, so only tap
has this round trip. v2 will ignore IFF_DETACH_QUEUE in TUNSETIFF.

> [Severity: Low]
> If it is meant as feature parity for net-next, could the commit message
> say so instead of calling it a bug?

It is meant as parity with tun for net-next. v2 will say so.

pw-bot: cr