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

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Message-ID: <98cd2c6a-8bd9-39c7-0288-ce84130627b5@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Feb 2017 13:49:32 -0800
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
        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 01:44 PM, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> 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?

David takes care of queueing patches for -stable trees:

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/networking/netdev-FAQ.txt#n114
-- 
Florian