[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v6 1/3] if_link: Add control trust VF

Jeff Kirsher jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com
Wed Jun 17 12:23:42 UTC 2015


On Wed, 2015-06-17 at 11:41 +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> From: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto at ct.jp.nec.com>
> 
> Add netlink directives and ndo entry to trust VF user.
> 
> This controls the special permission of VF user.
> The administrator will dedicatedly trust VF user to use some features
> which impacts security and/or performance.
> 
> The administrator never turn it on unless VF user is fully trusted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto at ct.jp.nec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hayato Momma <h-momma at ce.jp.nec.com>
> CC: Choi, Sy Jong <sy.jong.choi at intel.com>
> ---
> include/linux/if_link.h      |  1 +
>  include/linux/netdevice.h    |  3 +++
>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h |  6 ++++++
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
>  4 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Thanks Hiroshi, if there are no comments for change, I will get this
series applied to my next-queue for testing.
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