netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs unless explicitly set

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Date:	Wed, 4 May 2016 09:14:32 -0700
From:	Alexander Duyck <alexander.duyck@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>, mmanning@...cade.com,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] vlan: Propagate MAC address to VLANs unless
 explicitly set

On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 8:58 AM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@...e.cz>
> Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 11:28:02 +0200
>
>> The commit message says "unless explicitly changed for the VLAN" but
>> what you really check is "if it is the same as real device MAC address".
>> This, in general, is not the same. (I believe this is what David tries
>> to explain from the start.)
>
> Even more proof that these MAC checks are rediculous, confusing, and
> that we need to use a boolean state stores in the vlan private in
> order to implement the intended semantics properly and more importantly
> "clearly".

Actually last I knew the netdev already has a field called
addr_assign_type.  You could probably borrow some code from how
bonding is currently handling MAC addresses and apply it to VLANs to
achieve the effect you are looking for since I believe the default for
VLAN is similar to NET_ADDR_STOLEN and when it is set you would switch
that over to NET_ADDR_SET.

- Alex