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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/4] virtio_net: notify MAC address change on device initialization
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On 1/24/23 04:31, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:47:08 +0200 Eli Cohen wrote:
>>> @@ -3956,6 +3958,18 @@ static int virtnet_probe(struct virtio_device *vdev)
>>> pr_debug("virtnet: registered device %s with %d RX and TX vq's\n",
>>> dev->name, max_queue_pairs);
>>>
>>> + /* a random MAC address has been assigned, notify the device */
>>> + if (dev->addr_assign_type == NET_ADDR_RANDOM &&
>> Maybe it's better to not count on addr_assign_type and use a local
>> variable to indicate that virtnet_probe assigned random MAC.
>
> +1, FWIW
>
v2 sent, but I rely on virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC) to know if the MAC
address is provided by the device or not:

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20230123120022.2364889-2-lvivier@redhat.com/T/#me9211516e12771001e0346818255c9fb48a2bf4a

Thanks,
Laurent

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