netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 07/12] ethernet: bcmgenet: use eth_hw_addr

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Date:   Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:02:41 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, opendmb@...il.com, f.fainelli@...il.com,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 07/12] ethernet: bcmgenet: use eth_hw_addr_set()

On 10/15/21 3:16 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.
> 
> Read the address into an array on the stack, then call
> eth_hw_addr_set().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
-- 
Florian