linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: usbnet: restore usb%d name exception for local mac addresses

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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:50:37 +0000
From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To: Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@...ark-techno.com>
Cc: oneukum@...e.com, andrew+netdev@...n.ch, davem@...emloft.net,
 edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] net: usb: usbnet: restore usb%d name exception for
 local mac addresses

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:32:36 +0900 you wrote:
> commit 8a7d12d674ac ("net: usb: usbnet: fix name regression") assumed
> that local addresses always came from the kernel, but some devices hand
> out local mac addresses so we ended up with point-to-point devices with
> a mac set by the driver, renaming to eth%d when they used to be named
> usb%d.
> 
> Userspace should not rely on device name, but for the sake of stability
> restore the local mac address check portion of the naming exception:
> point to point devices which either have no mac set by the driver or
> have a local mac handed out by the driver will keep the usb%d name.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [v2] net: usb: usbnet: restore usb%d name exception for local mac addresses
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/2ea396448f26

You are awesome, thank you!
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