netdev - Re: [PATCH] mlx5: don't write directly to netdev->dev

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Message-ID: <20211020111536.0c896900@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Oct 2021 11:15:36 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...dia.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mlx5: don't write directly to netdev->dev_addr

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 17:54:56 +0000 Saeed Mahameed wrote:
> On Wed, 2021-10-13 at 13:20 -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> > Use a local buffer and eth_hw_addr_set().
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > ---
> > This takes care of Ethernet, mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.c
> > will be changed as part of all the IB conversions.
>
> the patch looks fine, i will take it directly to net-next-mlx5,

Thanks!

> I didn't get the part about IB conversions, where can i find that ?

Here:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20211019182604.1441387-3-kuba@kernel.org/