netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] eth: reset addr_assign_type if eth_mac

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Message-Id: <20120213.005003.188848469193975189.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:50:03 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	danny.kukawka@...ect.de
Cc:	dkukawka@...e.de, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nhorman@...driver.com,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, rdunlap@...otime.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] eth: reset addr_assign_type if eth_mac_addr()
 called

From: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
Date: Thu,  9 Feb 2012 20:48:53 +0100

> If eth_mac_addr() get called, usually if SIOCSIFHWADDR was
> used to change the MAC of a ethernet device, reset the
> addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_PERM if the state was
> NET_ADDR_RANDOM before. Reset the state since the MAC is
> no longer random at least not from the kernel side.
> 
> v2: changed to bitops, removed if()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>

Applied.
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