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Date:	Fri, 5 Aug 2011 01:13:14 -0500
From:	Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@...orola.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] Bridge: Always send NETDEV_CHANGEADDR up on br MAC change.

Hi Stephen,

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:36 PM, Stephen Hemminger
<shemminger@...tta.com> wrote:
> On Thu,  4 Aug 2011 21:17:05 -0500
> Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@...orola.com> wrote:
>
> Half ok, half not.
>
>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
>> index cf09fe5..ef18070 100644
>> --- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
>> @@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ static int br_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
>>       br->flags |= BR_SET_MAC_ADDR;
>>       spin_unlock_bh(&br->lock);
>>
>> +     call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
>>       return 0;
>>  }
>
> This is unnecessary since already done by dev_set_mac_address.
>
>> diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
>> index c0990ba..4528e9a 100644
>> --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
>> +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
>> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ bool br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br)
>>
>>       /* user has chosen a value so keep it */
>>       if (br->flags & BR_SET_MAC_ADDR)
>> -             return;
>> +             return false;
>>
>>       list_for_each_entry(p, &br->port_list, list) {
>>               if (addr == br_mac_zero ||
>
> This is already in net-next.
>

Thank you for your feedback. I will clean this up and resubmit tomorrow.

A
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