Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ethtool: improve compat ioctl handling

2020-09-25 Thread Arnd Bergmann
On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 3:22 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > The ethtool compat ioctl handling is hidden away in net/socket.c, > which introduces a couple of minor oddities: > > - The implementation may end up diverging, as seen in the RXNFC > extension in commit 84a1d9c48200 ("net: ethtool: extend

[PATCH net-next v2 1/2] ethtool: improve compat ioctl handling

2020-09-25 Thread Arnd Bergmann
The ethtool compat ioctl handling is hidden away in net/socket.c, which introduces a couple of minor oddities: - The implementation may end up diverging, as seen in the RXNFC extension in commit 84a1d9c48200 ("net: ethtool: extend RXNFC API to support RSS spreading of filter matches") that doe