Re: [PATCH net v3] net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid the interface always configured as random address

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Tue Apr 02 2024 - 21:30:25 EST


On Mon, 1 Apr 2024 10:19:50 +0200 Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez wrote:
> if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
> eth_hw_addr_set(dev->net, mac);
> + dev->net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_PERM;

Are we 100% sure we won't read back the random address we wrote earlier?
Maybe let's put the assignment under if (!is_local_ether_addr(mac)),
just to be on the safe side?