netdev - RE: [PATCH net-next 2/3] iavf: fix err handling for MAC replace

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Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 19:08:50 +0000
From: "Fijalkowski, Maciej" <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
To: "Kitszel, Przemyslaw" <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>, "Nguyen, Anthony L"
	<anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, "Gardocki, PiotrX" <piotrx.gardocki@...el.com>
CC: Michal Swiatkowski <michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>, "Romanowski,
 Rafal" <rafal.romanowski@...el.com>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org"
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next 2/3] iavf: fix err handling for MAC replace

> 
> On 6/6/23 12:14, Przemek Kitszel wrote:
> > On 6/5/23 21:17, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jun 02, 2023 at 10:13:01AM -0700, Tony Nguyen wrote:
> >>> From: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>
> >>>
> >>> Defer removal of current primary MAC until a replacement is
> >>> successfully added.
> >>> Previous implementation would left filter list with no primary MAC.
> >>
> 
> [...]
> 
> Tony, without Piotr's patch for short-cutting new Mac == old Mac case,
> supposedly my patch would not work (we have to either re-test via our
> VAL or just wait for Piotr's next version).

Would be good to share a link to patch you refer to + short explanation
why this would not work (I know which patch you had on mind but not
every other reader would do so).

> 
> Przemek