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Re: [PATCH] device property: Don't overwrite addr when failing in device_get_mac_address

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  Re: [PATCH] device property: Don't overwrite addr when failing in  device_get_mac_address David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2015-09-08 22:50 +0200

#1221080 — Re: [PATCH] device property: Don't overwrite addr when failing in device_get_mac_address

From: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 23:59:50 +0100

> The function device_get_mac_address is trying different property names
> in order to get the mac address. To check the return value, the variable
> addr (which contain the buffer pass by the caller) will be re-used. This
> means that if the previous property is not found, the next property will
> be read using a NULL buffer.
> 
> Therefore it's only possible to retrieve the mac if node contains a
> property "mac-address". Fix it by using a temporary buffer for the
> return value.
> 
> This has been introduced by commit 4c96b7dc0d393f12c17e0d81db15aa4a820a6ab3
> "Add a matching set of device_ functions for determining mac/phy"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@citrix.com>

Applied, thanks.
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