These patches simplify the rtnl_link API and add support for specifying
the initial device address. The rtnl_link patches depend on the VLAN fix
because I didn't want to build on top of the broken address handling.
Please apply, thanks.
drivers/net/dummy.c | 61 ++++++++------------------------------------
drivers/net/ifb.c | 62 ++++++++++----------------------------------
include/linux/if_vlan.h | 1 +
net/8021q/vlan.c | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
net/8021q/vlan.h | 1 -
net/8021q/vlan_dev.c | 57 +++++++++++++----------------------------
net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c | 7 +++++
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 27 +++++++++++++++----
net/ethernet/eth.c | 3 ++
9 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 172 deletions(-)
Patrick McHardy (4):
[ETH]: Validate address in eth_mac_addr
[VLAN]: Fix MAC address handling
[RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link API simplification
[RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link: allow specifying initial device address
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