netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netdevsim: Support setting dev->perm

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Message-ID: <20250205111324.34db2521@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 11:13:24 -0800
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>,
 "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
 netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: netdevsim: Support setting dev->perm_addr

On Wed, 5 Feb 2025 18:08:00 +0100 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > > Right. How do you feel about Andrew's suggestion of just setting a
> > > static perm_addr for netdevsim devices?  
> >
> > I don't see how that'd be sufficient for a meaningful test.  
> 
> Perhaps allow IFLA_PERM_ADDRESS to be set at veth creation time,
> or other virtual devices...

I'd rather we didn't sprinkle testing code into real drivers, FWIW.