Piotr Gardocki says:
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optimize procedure of changing MAC address on interface
The first patch adds an if statement in core to skip early when
the MAC address is not being changes.
The remaining patches remove such checks from Intel drivers
as they're redundant at this point.
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230614145302.902301-1-piotrx.gardocki@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>