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This big patch sprinkles const on local variables and
function arguments which may refer to netdev->dev_addr.
Commit 406f42fa0d3c ("net-next: When a bond have a massive amount
of VLANs...") introduced a rbtree for faster Ethernet address look
up. To maintain netdev->dev_addr in this tree we need to make all
the writes to it got through appropriate helpers.
Some of the changes here are not strictly required - const
is sometimes cast off but pointer is not used for writing.
It seems like it's still better to add the const in case
the code changes later or relevant -W flags get enabled
for the build.
No functional changes.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211014142432.449314-1-kuba@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Stable-dep-of: aef05e349bfd ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid failed operations when device is disconnected")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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