netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: um: use eth_hw_addr

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Date:   Fri, 29 Oct 2021 07:37:08 +0100
From:   Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jdike@...toit.com, richard@....at,
        johannes.berg@...el.com, linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: um: use eth_hw_addr_set()

On 29/10/2021 03:47, 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 go through appropriate helpers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
> ---
> CC: jdike@...toit.com
> CC: richard@....at
> CC: anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com
> CC: johannes.berg@...el.com
> CC: linux-um@...ts.infradead.org
> ---
>   arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
> index 2fc0b038ff8a..59331384c2d3 100644
> --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
> +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c
> @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static const struct ethtool_ops uml_net_ethtool_ops = {
>   
>   void uml_net_setup_etheraddr(struct net_device *dev, char *str)
>   {
> -	unsigned char *addr = dev->dev_addr;
> +	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
>   	char *end;
>   	int i;
>   
> @@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ void uml_net_setup_etheraddr(struct net_device *dev, char *str)
>   		       addr[0] | 0x02, addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4],
>   		       addr[5]);
>   	}
> +	eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
>   	return;
>   
>   random:
> 

Acked-by: Anton Ivanov <anton.ivanov@...bridgegreys.com>

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