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Date:	Sat, 12 May 2012 12:38:01 +0400
From:	Alexander Smirnov <alex.bluesman.smirnov@...il.com>
To:	Tony Cheneau <tony.cheneau+zigbeedev@...esiak.org>
Cc:	Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@...e.de>,
	linux-zigbee-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Linux-zigbee-devel] [PATCH 2/2] net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c: reuse eth_mac_addr()

Hi Tony,

2012/4/28 Tony Cheneau <tony.cheneau+zigbeedev@...esiak.org>:
> Hello,
>
> I believe the following patch should not have been applied and should
> now be reverted.
> The reason is because eth_mac_addr() is not functionally equivalent to
> lowpan_set_address() that it replaces:
> - lowpan_set_address() copies dev->addr_len bytes, where dev->addr_len
> is set to 8 bytes for IEEE802154 devices (this is an IEEE EUI-64
> address). Hence, the function copies the full 8 bytes of the address.
> - eth_mac_addr() copies ETH_ALEN bytes, where ETH_ALEN is set to 6.
> Hence, the function copies only 6 bytes of the 8 bytes address. So, 2
> bytes of the address are never copied.
>
> Does this sound reasonable?
>

Yeah, you are definitely right. I don't exactly know where did this
patch arrive from, looks like I wasn't in Cc. I'm going to create
reverted patch.

Thanks

> Regards,
> Tony
>
>
> Le 22.02.2012 14:36, Danny Kukawka a écrit :
>> Use eth_mac_addr() for .ndo_set_mac_address, remove
>> lowpan_set_address since it do currently the same as
>> eth_mac_addr(). Additional advantage: eth_mac_addr() already
>> checks if the given address is valid
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
>> ---
>>  net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c |   16 ++--------------
>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
>> index e4ecc1e..3685158 100644
>> --- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
>> +++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
>> @@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
>>  #include <linux/module.h>
>>  #include <linux/moduleparam.h>
>>  #include <linux/netdevice.h>
>> +#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
>>  #include <net/af_ieee802154.h>
>>  #include <net/ieee802154.h>
>>  #include <net/ieee802154_netdev.h>
>> @@ -924,19 +925,6 @@ drop:
>>       return -EINVAL;
>>  }
>>
>> -static int lowpan_set_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
>> -{
>> -     struct sockaddr *sa = p;
>> -
>> -     if (netif_running(dev))
>> -             return -EBUSY;
>> -
>> -     /* TODO: validate addr */
>> -     memcpy(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data, dev->addr_len);
>> -
>> -     return 0;
>> -}
>> -
>>  static int lowpan_get_mac_header_length(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>  {
>>       /*
>> @@ -1062,7 +1050,7 @@ static struct header_ops lowpan_header_ops = {
>>
>>  static const struct net_device_ops lowpan_netdev_ops = {
>>       .ndo_start_xmit         = lowpan_xmit,
>> -     .ndo_set_mac_address    = lowpan_set_address,
>> +     .ndo_set_mac_address    = eth_mac_addr,
>>  };
>>
>>  static void lowpan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
>
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