[PATCH net] ibmvnic: Fix pending MAC address changes

Due to architecture limitations, the IBM VNIC client driver is unable
to perform MAC address changes unless the device has "logged in" to
its backing device. Currently, pending MAC changes are handled before
login, resulting in an error and failure to change the MAC address.
Moving that chunk to the end of the ibmvnic_login function, when we are
sure that it was successful, fixes that.

The MAC address can be changed when the device is up or down, so
only check if the device is in a "PROBED" state before setting the
MAC address.

Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 6911b7c..b676fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c

@@ -757,6 +757,12 @@ static int ibmvnic_login(struct net_device *netdev)
 		}
 	} while (adapter->renegotiate);
 
+	/* handle pending MAC address changes after successful login */
+	if (adapter->mac_change_pending) {
+		__ibmvnic_set_mac(netdev, &adapter->desired.mac);
+		adapter->mac_change_pending = false;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 

@@ -994,11 +1000,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_open(struct net_device *netdev)
 
 	mutex_lock(&adapter->reset_lock);
 
-	if (adapter->mac_change_pending) {
-		__ibmvnic_set_mac(netdev, &adapter->desired.mac);
-		adapter->mac_change_pending = false;
-	}
-
 	if (adapter->state != VNIC_CLOSED) {
 		rc = ibmvnic_login(netdev);
 		if (rc) {

@@ -1532,7 +1533,7 @@ static int ibmvnic_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
 	struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 
-	if (adapter->state != VNIC_OPEN) {
+	if (adapter->state == VNIC_PROBED) {
 		memcpy(&adapter->desired.mac, addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr));
 		adapter->mac_change_pending = true;
 		return 0;

-- 
1.8.3.1

On 01/10/2018 07:39 PM, Thomas Falcon wrote:

Due to architecture limitations, the IBM VNIC client driver is unable
to perform MAC address changes unless the device has "logged in" to
its backing device. Currently, pending MAC changes are handled before
login, resulting in an error and failure to change the MAC address.
Moving that chunk to the end of the ibmvnic_login function, when we are
sure that it was successful, fixes that.

The MAC address can be changed when the device is up or down, so
only check if the device is in a "PROBED" state before setting the
MAC address.

Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <redacted>
---

Reviewed-by: John Allen <redacted>

From: Thomas Falcon <redacted>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:39:52 -0600

Due to architecture limitations, the IBM VNIC client driver is unable
to perform MAC address changes unless the device has "logged in" to
its backing device. Currently, pending MAC changes are handled before
login, resulting in an error and failure to change the MAC address.
Moving that chunk to the end of the ibmvnic_login function, when we are
sure that it was successful, fixes that.

The MAC address can be changed when the device is up or down, so
only check if the device is in a "PROBED" state before setting the
MAC address.

Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters")
Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <redacted>

Applied, thanks.