netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/3] ethernet: 3com/typhoon: don't write directly to netdev->dev

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Date:   Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:07:05 -0800
From:   David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/3] ethernet: 3com/typhoon: don't write directly to
 netdev->dev_addr

On Tue, 2022-01-25 at 14:23 -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> This driver casts off the const and writes directly to netdev-
> >dev_addr.
> This will result in a MAC address tree corruption and a warning.
> 
> Compile tested ppc6xx_defconfig.
> 
> Fixes: adeef3e32146 ("net: constify netdev->dev_addr")
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>

Thanks!

Acked-by: David Dillow <dave@...dillows.org>