netdev - Re: [PATCH] rose_dev: fix memcpy-bug in rose_set_mac

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Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2012 22:49:34 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	danborkmann@...earbox.net
Cc:	ralf@...ux-mips.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rose_dev: fix memcpy-bug in rose_set_mac_address

From: Daniel Borkmann <danborkmann@...earbox.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:27:56 +0200

> This patch fixes a small bug in rose_set_mac_address. If the current and new
> MAC addresses match, then nothing needs to be done. However memcpy was used
> instead of memcmp for comparison.
> 
> The patch is against the latest net-tree.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel.borkmann@....ee.ethz.ch>

You're breaking this code, not fixing it.

If you don't keep the memcpy, then the calls right below which setup
the loopback node will use the previous device address not the new
one being configured.
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