Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] r8152: sync sa_family with the media type of network device

[Crag Wang]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 4:39 AM Jakub Kicinski
<jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:03:43 +0800, crag0715@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: "Crag.Wang" <crag.wang@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Without this patch the socket address family sporadically gets wrong
> > value ends up the dev_set_mac_address() fails to set the desired MAC
> > address.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Crag.Wang <crag.wang@xxxxxxxx>
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> Code looks reasonable.  This must have been caused by:
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> Fixes: 25766271e42f ("r8152: Refresh MAC address during USBDEVFS_RESET")
>
> which is still in net-next.  In the future please make sure you read:
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> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html
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> In particular:
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> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/networking/netdev-FAQ.html#q-how-do-i-indicate-which-tree-net-vs-net-next-my-patch-should-be-in
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> To assure smooth flow of your patches into the tree :)
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> Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
Yes, patch is intended to fix 25766271e42f which is still in net-next.

It appears that prefix is desired in the subject. Thanks for sharing the info.

Crag