Thread (72 messages) flat view 72 messages, 16 authors, 2012-02-11

Re: [PATCH 47/50] bridge: use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of random_ether_addr()

From: Stephen Hemminger <hidden>
Date: 2012-02-08 22:52:45
Also in: bridge, lkml

On Wed,  8 Feb 2012 22:10:54 +0100
Danny Kukawka [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr()
to set addr_assign_type correctly to NET_ADDR_RANDOM.

Reset the state to NET_ADDR_PERM as soon as the MAC get
changed via .ndo_set_mac_address.

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <redacted>
---
 net/bridge/br_device.c |    6 +++++-
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index 71773b0..a25ed22 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ static int br_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 	spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
 	if (compare_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data)) {
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+		if (dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM) {
+			/* set back to NET_ADDR_PERM */
+			dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+		}
 		br_fdb_change_mac_address(br, addr->sa_data);
 		br_stp_change_bridge_id(br, addr->sa_data);
 	}
@@ -334,7 +338,7 @@ void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_bridge *br = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+	dev_hw_addr_random(dev, dev->dev_addr);
 	ether_setup(dev);
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &br_netdev_ops;

You should do more than just mechanical change here.
Go ahead and eliminate the private (BR_SET_MAC_ADDR) flag as well,
since it would be redundant.
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