netdev - Re: [patch net] net: correct check in dev_addr

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Message-ID: <20121114142941.GA2531@minipsycho.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:29:41 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, shemminger@...tta.com,
	john.r.fastabend@...el.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] net: correct check in dev_addr_del()

Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 03:18:35PM CET, eric.dumazet@...il.com wrote:
>On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 13:51 +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Check (ha->addr == dev->dev_addr) is always true because dev_addr_init()
>> sets this. Correct the check to behave properly on addr removal.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>> ---
>
>Please add in the changelog which commit added the bug, to ease
>stable teams work.

bug introduced by:

commit a748ee2426817a95b1f03012d8f339c45c722ae1
Author: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Date:   Thu Apr 1 21:22:09 2010 +0000

    net: move address list functions to a separate file


>
>Thanks
>
>
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