[PATCH v2 1/2] eth: reset addr_assign_type if eth_mac_addr() called

From: Danny Kukawka
Date: Thu Feb 09 2012 - 14:49:39 EST


If eth_mac_addr() get called, usually if SIOCSIFHWADDR was
used to change the MAC of a ethernet device, reset the
addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_PERM if the state was
NET_ADDR_RANDOM before. Reset the state since the MAC is
no longer random at least not from the kernel side.

v2: changed to bitops, removed if()

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index a246836..a93af86 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+ /* if device marked as NET_ADDR_RANDOM, reset it */
+ dev->addr_assign_type &= ~NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_mac_addr);
--
1.7.7.3

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