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Re: [PATCH 2.6] dev.c: clear SIOCGIFHWADDR buffer if !dev->addr_len

To: Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx (Matt Domsch)
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] dev.c: clear SIOCGIFHWADDR buffer if !dev->addr_len
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 11:48:16 +1000
Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If dev->dev_addr is zero, then the memcpy() never takes place, and the

Huh? You mean dev->addr_len? Surely the caller has to know what the
address length is to use this anyway, no?
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