netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 2/3] cxgb4/cxgb4vf: Add set VF mac address support

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Message-ID: <CO2PR11MB00888D6B7361F0F7ECCF861597240@CO2PR11MB0088.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:13:15 +0000
From:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>
To:	Hariprasad Shenai <hariprasad@...lsio.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"stephen@...workplumber.org" <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"leedom@...lsio.com" <leedom@...lsio.com>,
	"nirranjan@...lsio.com" <nirranjan@...lsio.com>,
	"kumaras@...lsio.com" <kumaras@...lsio.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/3] cxgb4/cxgb4vf: Add set VF mac address
 support

> +	/* verify MAC addr is valid */
> +	if (!is_zero_ether_addr(mac) && !is_valid_ether_addr(mac) &&
> +	    is_multicast_ether_addr(mac)) {

This is really odd as verification goes; Currently this is a very elaborate
way of checking for multicast, but I guess it's  probably a mistake.