netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add check for current MAC address in dev_set_mac

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Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 19:11:29 +0200
From: Piotr Gardocki <piotrx.gardocki@...el.com>
To: Maciej Fijalkowski <maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com>
CC: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>,
	<michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com>, <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>,
	<kuba@...nel.org>, <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>, <simon.horman@...igine.com>,
	<aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: add check for current MAC address in
 dev_set_mac_address

On 09.06.2023 19:00, Maciej Fijalkowski wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 06:52:41PM +0200, Piotr Gardocki wrote:
>> @@ -8820,6 +8820,8 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
>>  		return -EINVAL;
>>  	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
>>  		return -ENODEV;
>> +	if (ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, sa->sa_data))
>> +		return 0;
> 
> Now this check being in makes calls to ether_addr_equal() within driver's
> ndo callbacks redundant.
> 
> I would rather see this as patchset send directly to netdev where you have
> this patch followed by addressing driver's callbacks.

Sure, will do :)
I will remove this check in all drivers in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/,
I don't have time to review all usages of this callback in kernel,
there are too many of them. Will resend as a patchset next week.

> Moar commitz == moar glory ;)
> 
>>  	err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, sa->sa_data, extack);
>>  	if (err)
>>  		return err;
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>