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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Simon Horman , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/6] net/ncsi: harden packet parsing against malformed BMC replies Message-ID: References: <20260422160342.1975093-1-michael.bommarito@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Hello Michael, On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 01:06:56PM -0400, Michael Bommarito wrote: > On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 12:44 PM Paul Fertser wrote: > > The code your patches modify always runs only on the BMC itself, the > > packets parsed are generated by a NIC directly. ... > Should I submit a v2 with the corrected notes or wait for any other > feedback / review on patch substance (assuming you think it's actually > worth merging)? So I see you got some interesting AI-generated review from the net maintainer Jakub on 23rd Apr. That raises many important points so please take time to go through them manually and respond. Once some sort of consensus is reached feel free to send a v2. Thank you for working on improving this dark corner of the Linux networking, I hope server manufacturers will appreciate.