RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: Check return value of nix_get_nixlf before using nixlf

[Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta]

Hi Jakub,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2023 8:32 AM
>To: Subbaraya Sundeep Bhatta <sbhatta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx; edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx; Sunil
>Kovvuri Goutham <sgoutham@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Geethasowjanya Akula
><gakula@xxxxxxxxxxx>; Hariprasad Kelam <hkelam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH net] octeontx2-af: Check return value of
>nix_get_nixlf before using nixlf
>
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>On Sat, 25 Nov 2023 22:04:58 +0530 Subbaraya Sundeep wrote:
>> If a NIXLF is not attached to a PF/VF device then nix_get_nixlf
>> function fails and returns proper error code. But
>> npc_get_default_entry_action does not check it and uses garbage value
>> in subsequent calls. Fix this by cheking the return value of
>> nix_get_nixlf.
>>
>> Fixes: 967db3529eca ("octeontx2-af: add support for multicast/promisc
>> packet replication feature")
>
>You need to run the patch thru scripts/get_maintainer, here you missed CCing
>Naveen, who authored 967db3529eca.
>Also lcherian@xxxxxxxxxxx and jerinj@xxxxxxxxxxx LMK if these people are
>no longer at marvell, I can add their addresses to our ignore list.
>
>Same goes for the pauseparam patch, you'll need to repost the two.

Sure will do it.

Thanks,
Sundeep
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