Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] net: split eth_mac_addr for better error handling

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



From: akong@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:43:08 +0800

> From: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> When we set mac address, software mac address in system and hardware mac
> address all need to be updated. Current eth_mac_addr() doesn't allow
> callers to implement error handling nicely.
> 
> This patch split eth_mac_addr() to prepare part and real commit part,
> then we can prepare first, and try to change hardware address, then do
> the real commit if hardware address is set successfully.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <akong@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch doesn't apply to net-next.
_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization


[Index of Archives]     [KVM Development]     [Libvirt Development]     [Libvirt Users]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Forum]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux