netdev - Re: [VLAN 02/04]: Fix MAC address handling

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:16:48 -0700
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, xemul@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [VLAN 02/04]: Fix MAC address handling

Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> [VLAN]: Fix MAC address handling
>>
>> +static void vlan_sync_address(struct net_device *dev,
>> +			      struct net_device *vlandev)
>> +{
>> +	struct vlan_dev_info *vlan = VLAN_DEV_INFO(vlandev);
>> +
>> +	if (!compare_ether_addr(vlan->real_dev_addr, dev->dev_addr))
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	if (compare_ether_addr(vlandev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr))
>> +		dev_unicast_add(dev, vlandev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>> +	else
>> +		dev_unicast_delete(dev, vlandev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>> +
>> +	memcpy(vlan->real_dev_addr, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>> +}
> 
> 
> Unfortunately the one case I didn't test is still wrong :|
> 
> The above synchronization incorrectly removes the address in case
> if was different before and is still different afterwards. This
> patch is fixed and contains a few comments as an added bonus :)

The new patch looks good to me..though this is some tricky code
so I might have missed something...

Thanks,
Ben

-- 
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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