netdev - Re: [PATCH V2 net] net: hns: Fix the process of adding broadcast addresses to tcam

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Date:   Mon, 04 Jun 2018 17:33:32 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     salil.mehta@...wei.com
Cc:     yisen.zhuang@...wei.com, lipeng321@...wei.com,
        mehta.salil@...src.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxarm@...wei.com,
        wangxi11@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 net] net: hns: Fix the process of adding broadcast
 addresses to tcam

From: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 17:50:09 +0100

> From: Xi Wang <wangxi11@...wei.com>
> 
> If the multicast mask value in device tree is configured not all
> 0xff, the broadcast mac will be lost from tcam table after the
> execution of command 'ifconfig up'. The address is appended by
> hns_ae_start, but will be clear later by hns_nic_set_rx_mode
> called in dev_open process.
> 
> This patch fixed it by not use the multicast mask when add a
> broadcast address.
> 
> Fixes: b5996f11ea54 ("net: add Hisilicon Network Subsystem basic ethernet support")
> Signed-off-by: Xi Wang <wangxi11@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peng Li <lipeng321@...wei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@...wei.com>
> ---
> Patch V2: Fixed comments by David Miller
>    Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/4/671
> Patch V1: Initial Submit

Applied and queued up for -stable, thank you.