From: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 21:46:20 +0200 > From: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sometimes it is useful to be able to change the MAC address of the > interface for netback devices. For example, when using ebtables it may > be useful to be able to distinguish traffic from different interfaces > without depending on the interface name. > > Reported-by: Nikita Borzykh <sample.n@xxxxxxxxx> > Reported-by: Paul Harvey <stockingpaul@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> > Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx> > Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > (cherry picked from commit 4a633a602c26497b8285a202830829d3be007c7b) > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Daniel Kiper <daniel.kiper@xxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> I don't think this is suitable for -stable. -stable should be restricted bug fixes for things that either are extremely serious, or hit a very huge segment of the user base. This issue does not quality for either condition. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html