Re: [PATCH] e1000, e1000e valid-addr fixes

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David Miller wrote:
> From: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:20:30 -0400
> 
>> David Miller wrote:
>>> From: Jeff Garzik <[email protected]>
>>> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:03:36 -0400
>>>
>>>> I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid adding
>>>>
>>>> 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
>>>> 		return -EINVAL;
>>>>
>>>> to every ethernet driver's ->open() hook.
>>> The first idea I get is:
>>>
>>> 1) Create netdev->validate_dev_addr().
>>>
>>> 2) If it exists, invoke it before ->open(), abort
>>>    and return if any errors signaled.
>>>
>>> etherdev init hooks up a function that does the above
>>> check, which allows us to avoid editing every ethernet
>>> driver
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>> Seems sane to me.  Something like this (attached)?
> 
> Looks great:
> 
> Acked-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

I like it.

Should I start sending patches to remove the checks from e1000/e1000e/ixgb/ixgbe
already (to David, I assume?)?

Auke
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