[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: Prevent probing virtual functions

[Jankowski, Konrad0]

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Intel-wired-lan <intel-wired-lan-bounces at osuosl.org> On Behalf
> > Of Anirudh Venkataramanan
> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2021 1:09 AM
> > To: intel-wired-lan at lists.osuosl.org
> > Subject: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net] ice: Prevent probing virtual
> > functions
> >
> > The userspace utility "driverctl" can be used to change/override the
> > system's default driver choices. This is useful in some situations
> > (buggy driver, old driver missing a device ID, trying a workaround,
> > etc.) where the user needs to load a different driver.
> >
> > However, this is also prone to user error, where a driver is mapped to
> > a device it's not designed to drive. For example, if the ice driver is
> > mapped to driver iavf devices, the ice driver crashes.
> >
> > Add a check to return an error if the ice driver is being used to
> > probe a virtual function.
> >
> > Fixes: 837f08fdecbe ("ice: Add basic driver framework for Intel(R)
> > E800
> > Series")
> > Signed-off-by: Anirudh Venkataramanan
> > <anirudh.venkataramanan at intel.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 5 +++++
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> 
> Tested-by: Gurucharan G <gurucharanx.g at intel.com> (A Contingent worker
> at Intel) _______________________________________________

Tested-by: Konrad Jankowski <konrad0.jankowski at intel.com>