netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: bgmac: mac address change bug

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Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 22:44:50 +0100
From:   Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>
To:     Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Hari Vyas <hariv@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] net: ethernet: bgmac: mac address change bug

On 02/03/2017 10:08 PM, Jon Mason wrote:
> From: Hari Vyas <hariv@...adcom.com>
>
> ndo_set_mac_address() passes struct sockaddr * as 2nd parameter to
> bgmac_set_mac_address() but code assumed u8 *.  This caused two bytes
> chopping and the wrong mac address was configured.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Vyas <hariv@...adcom.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <jon.mason@...adcom.com>
> Fixes: 4e209001b86 ("bgmac: write mac address to hardware in ndo_set_mac_address")

I think you were going to Cc stable?