Re: [PATCH for-next 01/10] net/core: Add support for configuring VF GUIDs

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On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 10:37:51AM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > +	return handle_infiniband_guid(dev, &ivt, IFLA_VF_IB_PORT_GUID);
> 
> But is this emulation really necessary? It seems dangerous and
> continues the bad practice of assuming IFLA_VF_MAC is fixed to 6 bytes
> in size, and is not just LLADDR bytes. I'd rather see mac sets fail on
> IB.
> 
struct ifla_vf_mac  already defines mac as 32 bytes but the idea here
is that applications that configure six byte Ethernet MACs to VFs will
continue to work without any change. 
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