netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] ethernet: replace netdev->dev

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Message-ID: <eeb489ad-b88e-7ca3-57d8-7ec24db6a8d7@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:28:33 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, klassert@...nel.org, kda@...ux-powerpc.org,
        GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com, romieu@...zoreil.com,
        venza@...wnhat.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 7/7] ethernet: replace netdev->dev_addr 16bit
 writes



On 10/13/2021 1:44 PM, 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.
> 
> This patch takes care of drivers which cast netdev->dev_addr to
> a 16bit type, often with an explicit byte order.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> CC: klassert@...nel.org
> CC: kda@...ux-powerpc.org
> CC: GR-Linux-NIC-Dev@...vell.com
> CC: f.fainelli@...il.com
> CC: romieu@...zoreil.com
> CC: venza@...wnhat.org
> CC: linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
> ---

>   drivers/net/ethernet/rdc/r6040.c             | 12 ++++++------
Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian