[PATCH v2 net-next 0/9] set addr_assign_type when inheriting a dev_addr

From: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, "Jiri Pirko" <jiri@resnulli.us>,
	libertas-dev@lists.infradead.org, "Jouni Malinen" <j@w1.fi>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
	"Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
	"Forest Bond" <forest@alittletooquiet.net>,
	"Dan Carpenter" <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	"Patrick McHardy" <kaber@trash.net>, "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no>
Subject: [PATCH v2 net-next 0/9] set addr_assign_type when inheriting a dev_addr
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:08:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1377878932-26881-1-git-send-email-bjorn@mork.no> (raw)

Copying the dev_addr from a parent device is an operation
common to a number of drivers. The addr_assign_type should
be updated accordingly, either by reusing the value from
the source device or explicitly indicating that the address
is stolen by setting addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_STOLEN.

This patch set adds a helper copying both the dev_addr and
the addr_assign_type, and use this helper in drivers which
don't currently set the addr_assign_type. Using NET_ADDR_STOLEN
might be more appropriate in some of these cases.  Please
let me know, and I'll update the patch accordingly.

Changes in v2:
 - assuming addr_len == ETH_ALEN to allow optimized memcpy
 - dropped the vt6656 patch due to addr_len being unset in that driver

Bjørn Mork (9):
  net: etherdevice: add address inherit helper
  net: vlan: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: dsa: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: macvlan: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: team: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: airo: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: hostap: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  net: libertas: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr
  staging: vt6655: inherit addr_assign_type along with dev_addr

 drivers/net/macvlan.c                     |    2 +-
 drivers/net/team/team.c                   |    2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/airo.c               |    2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_hw.c   |    2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/hostap/hostap_main.c |    2 +-
 drivers/net/wireless/libertas/mesh.c      |    2 +-
 drivers/staging/vt6655/hostap.c           |    2 +-
 drivers/staging/vt6655/ioctl.c            |    2 +-
 drivers/staging/vt6655/wpactl.c           |    2 +-
 include/linux/etherdevice.h               |   15 +++++++++++++++
 net/8021q/vlan_dev.c                      |    2 +-
 net/dsa/slave.c                           |    2 +-
 12 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

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1.7.10.4

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