netdev - Re: [PATCH] greth: greth_set_mac_add would corrupt the MAC address.

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Date:	Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kristoffer@...sler.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] greth: greth_set_mac_add would corrupt the MAC address.

From: Kristoffer Glembo <kristoffer@...sler.com>
Date: Mon,  4 Jul 2011 11:08:03 +0200

> The MAC address was set using the signed char sockaddr->sa_addr
> field and thus the address could be corrupted through sign extension.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kristoffer Glembo <kristoffer@...sler.com>

Applied, thanks!
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