3.16.47-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.Please notice that there's a fix for this patch, here:
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From: Talat Batheesh <talatb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 89c557687a32c294e9d25670a96e9287c09f2d5f upstream.
Inserting steering rules with illegal ring is an invalid operation,
block it.
Fixes: 820672812f82 ('net/mlx4_en: Manage flow steering rules with ethtool')
Signed-off-by: Talat Batheesh <talatb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tariq Toukan <tariqt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_ethtool.c
@@ -930,6 +930,11 @@ static int mlx4_en_flow_replace(struct n
qpn = priv->drop_qp.qpn;
else if (cmd->fs.ring_cookie & EN_ETHTOOL_QP_ATTACH) {
qpn = cmd->fs.ring_cookie & (EN_ETHTOOL_QP_ATTACH - 1);
+ if (qpn < priv->rss_map.base_qpn ||
+ qpn >= priv->rss_map.base_qpn + priv->rx_ring_num) {
+ en_warn(priv, "rxnfc: QP (0x%x) doesn't exist\n", qpn);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
} else {
if (cmd->fs.ring_cookie >= priv->rx_ring_num) {
en_warn(priv, "rxnfc: RX ring (%llu) doesn't exist\n",