[RFC PATCH] etherdevice.h: net/core: Add ether_addrs.c and global ether_<foo>_addr

[Joe Perches]

There are multiple instances of static const arrays for broadcast
and zero ethernet addresses used for various purposes.

Add const u8 ether_<foo>_addr[ETH_ALEN] globals to consolidate these uses.

Miscellanea:

o Move and rename the eth_reserved_addr_base declaration to this file
  and declare it extern to avoid possible multiple static definitions
o Add compilation to the Makefile

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---

Not sure this is the best place for this.  Better ideas welcomed.

 include/linux/etherdevice.h | 12 ++++++++----
 net/core/Makefile           |  3 ++-
 net/core/ether_addrs.c      | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 net/core/ether_addrs.c

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 79563840c295..85d2486b2959 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -63,10 +63,14 @@ struct sk_buff **eth_gro_receive(struct sk_buff **head,
 				 struct sk_buff *skb);
 int eth_gro_complete(struct sk_buff *skb, int nhoff);
 
+/* Generic Ethernet addresses */
+extern const u8 ether_broadcast_addr[ETH_ALEN];	/* all 0xff */
+extern const u8 ether_zero_addr[ETH_ALEN];	/* all zeros */
+
 /* Reserved Ethernet Addresses per IEEE 802.1Q */
-static const u8 eth_reserved_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) =
-{ 0x01, 0x80, 0xc2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
-#define eth_stp_addr eth_reserved_addr_base
+extern const u8 ether_reserved_addr_base[ETH_ALEN];
+
+#define eth_stp_addr ether_reserved_addr_base
 
 /**
  * is_link_local_ether_addr - Determine if given Ethernet address is link-local
@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ static const u8 eth_reserved_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) =
 static inline bool is_link_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
 {
 	__be16 *a = (__be16 *)addr;
-	static const __be16 *b = (const __be16 *)eth_reserved_addr_base;
+	static const __be16 *b = (const __be16 *)ether_reserved_addr_base;
 	static const __be16 m = cpu_to_be16(0xfff0);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 6dbbba8c57ae..7fb941243cc3 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 #
 
 obj-y := sock.o request_sock.o skbuff.o datagram.o stream.o scm.o \
-	 gen_stats.o gen_estimator.o net_namespace.o secure_seq.o flow_dissector.o
+	 gen_stats.o gen_estimator.o net_namespace.o secure_seq.o \
+	 flow_dissector.o ether_addrs.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYSCTL) += sysctl_net_core.o
 
diff --git a/net/core/ether_addrs.c b/net/core/ether_addrs.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18eedabe73fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/core/ether_addrs.c
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Various const global Ethernet addresses */
+
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+
+const u8 ether_broadcast_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) = {
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff
+};
+
+const u8 ether_zero_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) = {
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+};
+
+const u8 ether_reserved_addr_base[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2) = {
+	0x01, 0x80, 0xc2, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
+};
-- 
2.15.0