From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: danny.kukawka@bisect.de
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/50] set addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_RANDOM if a random mac address get assigned to a netdevice
Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:37:24 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120209.133724.45349929204452445.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201202091318.36264.danny.kukawka@bisect.de>
From: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@bisect.de>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:18:35 +0100
> On Donnerstag, 9. Februar 2012, David Miller wrote:
>> 50 patches is way too many patches to submit and expect people
>> to review at one time.
>>
>> You must do one of two things:
>>
>> 1) Condense the series down to a smaller number of more managable
>> patches. Perhaps combine all the completely trivial conversion
>> cases into one single patch, and post the non-trivial cases
>> seperately.
>>
>> 2) Only submit a few of these changes at a time, not all at once.
>>
>> It's your choice, but what you did here is unacceptable.
>
> Could you at least comment on these points from the cover letter, before I
> change/update the patches?
>
> - Should NET_ADDR_RANDOM get reset (to NET_ADDR_PERM) if the MAC address
> get changed via SIOCSIFHWADDR/.ndo_set_mac_address and was random before?
Probably, yes.
> - Would it make sense to add a new state (e.g. NET_ADDR_USERSPACE)
> if the net address get changed via SIOCSIFHWADDR/.ndo_set_mac_address
> from userspace?
I suspect this is not useful.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-09 18:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 77+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-08 21:10 [RFC][PATCH 00/50] set addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_RANDOM if a random mac address get assigned to a netdevice Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 01/50] eth: reset addr_assign_type if eth_mac_addr() called Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 22:50 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-02-08 22:57 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 02/50] smsc95xx: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 10:51 ` Sergei Shtylyov
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 03/50] smsc75xx: se " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 04/50] adi/blackfin: set addr_assign_type correctly if random Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 3:28 ` Bob Liu
2012-02-09 4:05 ` Mike Frysinger
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 05/50] UML net: set addr_assign_type if random_ether_addr() used Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 06/50] dummy: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 07/50] au1000_eth: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 08/50] bnx2x: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 9:59 ` David Laight
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 09/50] Cadence MACB: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 8:24 ` Nicolas Ferre
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 10/50] Calxeda XGMAC: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 11/50] ep93xx: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:29 ` H Hartley Sweeten
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 12/50] dm9000: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 13/50] dnet: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 14/50] ethoc: set addr_assign_type if random_ether_addr() used Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 15/50] lantiq_etop: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 16/50] pxa168_eth: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 17/50] enc28j60: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 18/50] mipsnet: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 19/50] macsonic: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 20/50] smsc911x: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 11:28 ` Mark Brown
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 21/50] smsc9420: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 22/50] r6040: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 23/50] efx: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:29 ` Ben Hutchings
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 24/50] sis900: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-11 9:05 ` Daniele Venzano
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 25/50] via-rhine: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 26/50] faraday: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 27/50] davinci_emac: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 28/50] forcedeth: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 29/50] micrel eth: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 30/50] atheros eth: set addr_assign_type if random_ether_addr() used Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 31/50] tc35815: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 32/50] tile_net: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 33/50] stmmac: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 34/50] xilinx ll_temac: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 35/50] ifb: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 36/50] igbvf: reset netdevice addr_assign_type if changed from random Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 37/50] usbnet: set addr_assign_type if random_ether_addr() used Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:30 ` Oliver Neukum
2012-02-08 21:41 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 6:57 ` Bjørn Mork
2012-02-09 14:55 ` Oliver Neukum
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 38/50] g_ether: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 39/50] veth: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr() Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 40/50] batman-adv: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 8:44 ` [B.A.T.M.A.N.] " Sven Eckelmann
2012-02-11 11:12 ` Marek Lindner
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 41/50] l2tp_eth: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 42/50] virtio_net: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 9:35 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 43/50] macvlan: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 44/50] team: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 45/50] tun: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 46/50] wan: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 14:12 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 47/50] bridge: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 22:52 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 48/50] ip_gre.c: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 49/50] openvswitch: " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 21:10 ` [PATCH 50/50] " Danny Kukawka
2012-02-08 22:58 ` [RFC][PATCH 00/50] set addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_RANDOM if a random mac address get assigned to a netdevice Stephen Hemminger
2012-02-09 14:59 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 16:06 ` Stephen Hemminger
2012-02-08 23:29 ` David Miller
2012-02-09 12:18 ` Danny Kukawka
2012-02-09 18:37 ` David Miller [this message]
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