From: Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, mst@redhat.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH for-3.19] vhost/net: fix up num_buffers endian-ness
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 23:45:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150204234536.GL29656@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150204.135942.127858058517785730.davem@davemloft.net>
On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 01:59:42PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
> Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:07:06 +0200
>
> > In virtio 1.0 mode, when mergeable buffers are enabled on a big-endian
> > host, num_buffers wasn't byte-swapped correctly, so large incoming
> > packets got corrupted.
> >
> > To fix, fill it in within hdr - this also makes sure it gets
> > the correct type.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
>
> Applied.
FWIW, conflict with iov_iter patches is trivial; once it shows up in
your kernel.org tree I can either rebase the series or just push
#merge-candidate - whichever you prefer. Linus usually prefers the
second variant, but then he seriously dislikes rebasing of any sort;
I've no idea what your preferences are in that area...
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-03 9:07 [PATCH for-3.19] vhost/net: fix up num_buffers endian-ness Michael S. Tsirkin
2015-02-04 21:59 ` David Miller
2015-02-04 23:45 ` Al Viro [this message]
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