Re: [PATCH net] bnge: skip dev_addr when building the VNIC unicast list

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Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@xxxxxxxxxx>:

On Tue,  6 Oct 2026 19:49:28 +0530 you wrote:
> The default VNIC programs the device's MAC as L2 filter 0 in
> bnge_init_chip() via bnge_hwrm_set_vnic_filter(bn, 0, 0, dev_addr).
> bnge_cfg_rx_mode() then walks dev->uc and programs each unicast
> address as a further L2 filter, without excluding dev_addr.
> 
> Skip dev_addr when building uc_list, since it is already installed as
> filter 0. As dev_addr now takes neither a uc_list slot nor an
> l2_filters[] slot, count only the non-dev_addr entries for the
> uc_list overflow check too, otherwise an input such as
> {dev_addr, A, B, C} would needlessly fall back to promiscuous mode
> even though A, B and C fit in exact-match filters.
> bnge_uc_list_updated() applies the same skip and count so the
> change detection stays consistent and does not loop.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net] bnge: skip dev_addr when building the VNIC unicast list
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/0b3fc7fe6f3f

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