netdev - Re: [PATCH 3.4] xen-netback: allow changing the MAC address of the interface

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Message-Id: <20140605.145844.382754247234672637.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:58:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	daniel.kiper@...cle.com
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, msw@...zon.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xen.org,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.4] xen-netback: allow changing the MAC address of the
 interface

From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
Date: Mon,  2 Jun 2014 21:46:20 +0200

> From: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> 
> Sometimes it is useful to be able to change the MAC address of the
> interface for netback devices. For example, when using ebtables it may
> be useful to be able to distinguish traffic from different interfaces
> without depending on the interface name.
> 
> Reported-by: Nikita Borzykh <sample.n@...il.com>
> Reported-by: Paul Harvey <stockingpaul@...mail.com>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: xen-devel@...ts.xen.org
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@...rix.com>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> (cherry picked from commit 4a633a602c26497b8285a202830829d3be007c7b)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
> Tested-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@...cle.com>
> Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>

I don't think this is suitable for -stable.

-stable should be restricted bug fixes for things that either
are extremely serious, or hit a very huge segment of the user
base.

This issue does not quality for either condition.

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