Re: [PATCH] vlan: Set correct source MAC address with TX VLAN offload enabled

[David Miller]

From: Peter Boström <peter.bostrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 16:17:15 +0100

> With TX VLAN offload enabled the source MAC address for frames sent using the
> VLAN interface is currently set to the address of the real interface. This is
> wrong since the VLAN interface may be configured with a different address.
> 
> The bug was introduced in commit 2205369a314e12fcec4781cc73ac9c08fc2b47de
> ("vlan: Fix header ops passthru when doing TX VLAN offload.").
> 
> This patch sets the source address before calling the create function of the
> real interface.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Boström <peter.bostrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good catch.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!
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