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    SubjectRe: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH 40/50] batman-adv: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr()
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    On Wednesday 08 February 2012 22:10:47 Danny Kukawka wrote:
    > Use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr()
    > to set addr_assign_type correctly to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.
    >
    > Reset the state to NET_ADDR_PERM as soon as the MAC get
    > changed via .ndo_set_mac_address.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@bisect.de>
    > ---
    > net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c | 7 ++++---
    > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
    >
    > diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
    > b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c index 987c75a..865a485 100644
    > --- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
    > +++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
    > @@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ static int interface_set_mac_addr(struct net_device
    > *dev, void *p) }
    >
    > memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
    > + if (dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM)
    > + dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
    > +
    > return 0;
    > }

    Why not something like

    dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;

    ? It is a relative common way inside the kernel to do this kind of stuff.

    Thanks,
    Sven

    PS: For the batman-adv people. This functionality was introduced with 2.6.36. [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature]
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