From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] eth: reset addr_assign_type if eth_mac_addr() called Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:50:03 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20120213.005003.188848469193975189.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1328816934-11508-1-git-send-email-danny.kukawka@bisect.de> <1328816934-11508-2-git-send-email-danny.kukawka@bisect.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dkukawka@suse.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@tuxdriver.com, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, rdunlap@xenotime.net To: danny.kukawka@bisect.de Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1328816934-11508-2-git-send-email-danny.kukawka@bisect.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Danny Kukawka Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:48:53 +0100 > If eth_mac_addr() get called, usually if SIOCSIFHWADDR was > used to change the MAC of a ethernet device, reset the > addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_PERM if the state was > NET_ADDR_RANDOM before. Reset the state since the MAC is > no longer random at least not from the kernel side. > > v2: changed to bitops, removed if() > > Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka Applied.