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Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2023 10:34:38 +0200
From:   Oleksij Rempel <o.rempel@pengutronix.de>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <olteanv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v6 5/9] net: dsa: microchip: ksz9477: Add Wake
 on Magic Packet support
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On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:23:50AM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 07:08:56AM +0200, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 08:29:53PM +0300, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> > > I don't get it, why do you release the reference on the MAC address as
> > > soon as you successfully get it? Without a reference held, the
> > > programmed address still lingers on, but the HSR offload code, on a
> > > different port with a different MAC address, can change it and break WoL.
> > 
> > It is ksz9477_get_wol() function. We do not actually need to program
> > here the MAC address, we only need to test if we would be able to get
> > it. To show the use more or less correct information on WoL
> > capabilities. For example, instead showing the user that Wake on Magic
> > is supported, where we already know that is not the case, we can already
> > show correct information. May be it will be better to have
> > extra option for ksz_switch_macaddr_get() to not allocate and do the
> > refcounting or have a separate function.
> 
> Ah, yes, it is from get_wol(). Maybe a ksz_switch_macaddr_tryget(ds, port)
> which returns bool (true if dev->switch_macaddr is NULL, or if non-NULL
> and ether_addr_equal(dev->switch_macaddr->addr, port addr))?

Ack, something like this.
I'll send new version later.

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