On Tue, 2016-03-01 at 14:25 -0800, Jacob Keller wrote:
> Since at least 2005, (oldest commit in ethtool.git), the userspace
> ethtool implementation has given the size of the memory it has allocated
> as the actual size in the ethtool data structures. We previously blindly
> ignore this and overwrite the requested size with the current size
> returned by .get_strings or .get_sset_count. This can cause problems if
> these values aren't static.
[...]

NAK, ethtool is not the only consumer of the ethtool API.  How many
times do I have to repeat myself?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Tomorrow will be cancelled due to lack of interest.

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