netdev - Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] ice: remove unnecessary check for old MAC == new MAC

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Message-ID: <20230613112435.18dc8130@kernel.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 11:24:35 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Piotr Gardocki <piotrx.gardocki@...el.com>
Cc: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com>,
 <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>,
 <simon.horman@...igine.com>, <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>,
 <intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org>
Subject: Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH net-next v2 3/3] ice: remove
 unnecessary check for old MAC == new MAC

On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 17:32:50 +0200 Piotr Gardocki wrote:
> > there is ether_addr_equal() call in iavf_set_mac(), even if not
> > exactly before eth_hw_addr_set(), it still should be removed ;)
> > 
> > Anyway, I would fix all 3 drivers with one patch.  
> 
> I guess you're looking at old version of dev-queue branch on Tony's
> tree :) Regarding ice and i40e I made two patches to have different
> prefixes in titles. I don't mind merging them, but I'll wait for
> someone else speaking up about this.

I think the series is good enough, FWIW. We're already at -rc6, seems
more important to give syzbot and testers time to exercise the core
change than fishing out more drivers.