[PATCH net-next 7/7] bonding: use ether_addr_equal_64bits to insteadof ether_addr_equal

From: Ding Tianhong
Date: Tue Dec 31 2013 - 04:48:22 EST


The net_device.dev_addr have more than 2 bytes of additional data after
the mac addr, so it is safe to use the ether_addr_equal_64bits().

Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianhong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index e4d5018..94d07d2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ err_free:
err_undo_flags:
/* Enslave of first slave has failed and we need to fix master's mac */
if (!bond_has_slaves(bond) &&
- ether_addr_equal(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr))
+ ether_addr_equal_64bits(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr))
eth_hw_addr_random(bond_dev);

return res;
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev,
bond->current_arp_slave = NULL;

if (!all && !bond->params.fail_over_mac) {
- if (ether_addr_equal(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave->perm_hwaddr) &&
+ if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave->perm_hwaddr) &&
bond_has_slaves(bond))
pr_warn("%s: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of %s - %pM - is still in use by %s. Set the HWaddr of %s to a different address to avoid conflicts.\n",
bond_dev->name, slave_dev->name,
--
1.8.0


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