Re: [PATCH net v2] ethtool: plca: fix plca enable data type while parsing the value

From: Andrew Lunn
Date: Tue Sep 12 2023 - 08:07:41 EST


On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 10:15:48AM +0530, Parthiban Veerasooran wrote:
> The ETHTOOL_A_PLCA_ENABLED data type is u8. But while parsing the
> value from the attribute, nla_get_u32() is used in the plca_update_sint()
> function instead of nla_get_u8(). So plca_cfg.enabled variable is updated
> with some garbage value instead of 0 or 1 and always enables plca even
> though plca is disabled through ethtool application. This bug has been
> fixed by parsing the values based on the attributes type in the policy.
>
> Fixes: 8580e16c28f3 ("net/ethtool: add netlink interface for the PLCA RS")
> Signed-off-by: Parthiban Veerasooran <Parthiban.Veerasooran@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>

Andrew