Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 02:42:11PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin wrote: >> Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> A malicious device is what the fuzzing is aiming to simulate. The fact >> of fuzzing process itself didn't seem relevant to the patch, so I didn't >> include it, going instead for the problem statement and proposed >> solution. Will the commit message benefit from mentioning fuzzing? > > No, for most if not all kernel developers, the fuzzing means some sort of > random user-space input. PCI devices are trusted in the kernel. Right, it's a different kind of fuzzing. Apologies, I should have made it clear. >> > Do you see "gazillion bugs" for devices which don't change their MSI-X >> > table size under the hood, which is main kernel assumption? >> >> Not so far. > > So please share them with us. We do, as soon as we find them. This patch is one such instance. >> > If yes, you should fix these bugs. >> >> That's absolutely the intention. > > So let's fix the bugs and not hide them. Yes, that's what this patch aims to achieve. Thanks, -- Alex
