Re: [patch net-next] virtio_net: allow to change mac when iface is running

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:27:46 +0200

> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, but this seriously makes eth_mac_addr() completely useless.

Technically, every eth_mac_addr() user in a software/virtual device
should behave the way virtio_net does now.

It therefore probably makes sense to add a boolean arg which when true
elides the netif_running() check then fixup and audit every caller.
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