netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net: usb: don't write directly to netdev->dev

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 06:06:35 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 04/12] net: usb: don't write directly to
 netdev->dev_addr

On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 11:55:00 +0200 Oliver Neukum wrote:
> On 20.10.21 17:56, 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.
> >
> > Manually fix all net/usb drivers without separate maintainers.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> > ---  
> 
> this looks good except for catc, which needs a more complicated fix.
> Do you want me to do it and drop it from this patch?

Sure, thanks!