[PATCH net-next 2/3] be2net: ignore VF mac address setting for the same mac
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From: Sathya Perla <hidden>
Date: 2014-08-01 12:15:44
Subsystem:
emulex 10gbps nic be2, be3-r, lancer, skyhawk-r driver (be2net), networking drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Ajit Khaparde, Sriharsha Basavapatna, Andrew Lunn, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Revision v1 of 16 in this series.
Revisions (16)
From: Vasundhara Volam <redacted> ndo_set_vf_mac() call may be issued for a mac-addr that is already active on a VF. If so, silently ignore the request. Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <redacted> Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <redacted> --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
index da4d386..db4ff14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c@@ -1270,6 +1270,12 @@ static int be_set_vf_mac(struct net_device *netdev, int vf, u8 *mac) if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac) || vf >= adapter->num_vfs) return -EINVAL; + /* Proceed further only if user provided MAC is different + * from active MAC + */ + if (ether_addr_equal(mac, vf_cfg->mac_addr)) + return 0; + if (BEx_chip(adapter)) { be_cmd_pmac_del(adapter, vf_cfg->if_handle, vf_cfg->pmac_id, vf + 1);
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