netdev - Re: [RFC] usbnet: assign unique random MAC

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Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 11:44:43 +0100
From: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
To: Benjamin Poirier <benjamin.poirier@...il.com>,
 Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>
Cc: bjorn@...k.no, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] usbnet: assign unique random MAC

On 16.11.23 21:48, Benjamin Poirier wrote:

> Before initialization, dev_addr is null (00:00:00:00:00:00). Since this
> patch moves the fallback address initialization after the
> 	if (info->bind) {
> block, if the bind() did not initialize the address, this patch changes
> the result of the
> 		     (net->dev_addr [0] & 0x02) == 0))
> test within the block, no? The test now takes place on an uninitialized
> address and the result goes from false to true.

Hi,

right this issue exists. V2 will come up.

	Regards
		Oliver