Re: [PATCH net] net: dcb: initialize PFC value before calling getpfccfg

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:47:24 -0300 you wrote:
> dcbnl_getpfccfg() and dcbnl_cee_fill() pass the address of an
> uninitialized stack u8 to the driver's getpfccfg() op and then put it
> into the netlink reply unconditionally.  The op returns void, so the
> core cannot tell whether the driver wrote the value.
> 
> i40e_dcbnl_get_pfc_cfg() and ice_dcbnl_get_pfc_cfg() return without
> writing *setting unless the DCBX agent is host managed and in CEE mode.
> Both drivers normally run with firmware managed DCBX
> (DCB_CAP_DCBX_LLD_MANAGED), and i40e with FW LLDP disabled runs host
> managed in IEEE mode, so on a DCB capable i40e/ice port the PFC values
> in DCB_CMD_PFC_GCFG and DCB_CMD_CEE_GET replies, and in the CEE part of
> RTNLGRP_DCB notifications, come from uninitialized stack.  The same u8
> is reused for all eight priorities, so this is one byte per reply.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] net: dcb: initialize PFC value before calling getpfccfg
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/ca87a2dffbb5

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