netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/3] optimize procedure of changing MAC address on interface

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Message-ID: <ZIq+SMD6fdMU84Dg@corigine.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:31:20 +0200
From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...igine.com>
To: Piotr Gardocki <piotrx.gardocki@...el.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org,
	przemyslaw.kitszel@...el.com, michal.swiatkowski@...ux.intel.com,
	pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de, kuba@...nel.org,
	maciej.fijalkowski@...el.com, anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com,
	aleksander.lobakin@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 0/3] optimize procedure of changing MAC
 address on interface

On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 04:52:59PM +0200, Piotr Gardocki wrote:
> The first patch adds an if statement in core to skip early when
> the MAC address is not being changes.
> The remaining patches remove such checks from Intel drivers
> as they're redundant at this point.

Hi Pitor,

I am wondering if you audited other drivers to see if they
could also be updated in a similar way to the Intel changes
in this patch-set.