netdev - Re: [PATCH net v5] vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs

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Date:	Tue, 31 May 2016 11:57:13 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	mmanning@...cade.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v5] vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs

From: Mike Manning <mmanning@...cade.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2016 17:45:07 +0100

> The MAC address of the physical interface is only copied to the VLAN
> when it is first created, resulting in an inconsistency after MAC
> address changes of only newly created VLANs having an up-to-date MAC.
> 
> The VLANs should continue inheriting the MAC address of the physical
> interface until the VLAN MAC address is explicitly set to any value. 
> This allows IPv6 EUI64 addresses for the VLAN to reflect any changes
> to the MAC of the physical interface and thus for DAD to behave as
> expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Manning <mmanning@...cade.com>

Applied, thanks Mike.