[PATCH v5 2/3] net: split eth_mac_addr for better error handling
From: Amos Kong <hidden>
Date: 2013-01-21 11:17:42
Also in:
kvm, qemu-devel
Subsystem:
networking drivers, networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
From: Stefan Hajnoczi <redacted> When we set mac address, software mac address in system and hardware mac address all need to be updated. Current eth_mac_addr() doesn't allow callers to implement error handling nicely. This patch split eth_mac_addr() to prepare part and real commit part, then we can prepare first, and try to change hardware address, then do the real commit if hardware address is set successfully. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <redacted> Signed-off-by: Amos Kong <redacted> --- include/linux/etherdevice.h | 2 ++ net/ethernet/eth.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 1a43e1b..c623861 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ extern int eth_header_cache(const struct neighbour *neigh, struct hh_cache *hh, extern void eth_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh, const struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *haddr); +extern int eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p); +extern void eth_commit_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p); extern int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p); extern int eth_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu); extern int eth_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index bc39c8c..a36c85e 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c@@ -272,6 +272,36 @@ void eth_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh, EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_header_cache_update); /** + * eth_prepare_mac_addr_change - prepare for mac change + * @dev: network device + * @p: socket address + */ +int eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p) +{ + struct sockaddr *addr = p; + + if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev)) + return -EBUSY; + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) + return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_prepare_mac_addr_change); + +/** + * eth_commit_mac_addr_change - commit mac change + * @dev: network device + * @p: socket address + */ +void eth_commit_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p) +{ + struct sockaddr *addr = p; + + memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_commit_mac_addr_change); + +/** * eth_mac_addr - set new Ethernet hardware address * @dev: network device * @p: socket address
@@ -283,13 +313,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_header_cache_update); */ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p) { - struct sockaddr *addr = p; + int ret; - if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev)) - return -EBUSY; - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) - return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; - memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); + ret = eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(dev, p); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + eth_commit_mac_addr_change(dev, p); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_mac_addr);
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