netdev - Re: [PATCH 3/3] [LLC]: zero station mac source address

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Date:	Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:18:38 +0900
From:	"Joonwoo Park" <joonwpark81@...il.com>
To:	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...hat.com>
Cc:	joonwpark81@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] [LLC]: zero station mac source address

2008/3/25, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>:
> Em Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 05:34:30PM +0900, joonwpark81@...il.com escreveu:
> > From: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com>
> >
> > The right next device of the lo can have zero dev_addr. e.g. bonding.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  net/llc/llc_core.c |    4 +++-
> >  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/net/llc/llc_core.c b/net/llc/llc_core.c
> > index 248b590..b871e10 100644
> > --- a/net/llc/llc_core.c
> > +++ b/net/llc/llc_core.c
> > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/slab.h>
> >  #include <linux/string.h>
> >  #include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
> >  #include <net/net_namespace.h>
> >  #include <net/llc.h>
> >
> > @@ -164,8 +165,9 @@ static int __init llc_init(void)
> >       struct net_device *dev;
> >
> >       dev = first_net_device(&init_net);
> > -     if (dev != NULL)
> > +     do {
> >               dev = next_net_device(dev);
> > +     } while (dev && is_zero_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr));
> >
> >       if (dev != NULL)
> >               memcpy(llc_station_mac_sa, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
>
> Looks ok, but I think this is an area for further work, using just
> the first device in the list always was wrong, I was too lazy to fix it,
> but since you are working on it, please consider fixing this for good
> :-)
>
> - Arnaldo
>

Arnaldo,
Please give me more hints :-)

First off, I wondered 'we need llc_station_mac_sa?'
IMHO, dev->dev_addr of egress interface for llc sa would be fine.
Do you happen to think this?

Thanks,
Joonwoo
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