netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] device property: add a helper for loading netdev->dev

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Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 17:57:54 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, rafael@...nel.org,
        andrew@...n.ch, hkallweit1@...il.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, frowand.list@...il.com,
        heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 3/4] device property: add a helper for loading
 netdev->dev_addr

On Tue, Oct 05, 2021 at 08:53:20AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> Commit 406f42fa0d3c ("net-next: When a bond have a massive amount
> of VLANs...") introduced a rbtree for faster Ethernet address look
> up. To maintain netdev->dev_addr in this tree we need to make all
> the writes to it got through appropriate helpers.
> 
> There is a handful of drivers which pass netdev->dev_addr as
> the destination buffer to device_get_mac_address(). Add a helper
> which takes a dev pointer instead, so it can call an appropriate
> helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/base/property.c  | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/property.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>