From 948b337e62ca96b6e7de06fdd5f6fe44769d7e9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 01:38:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] net: init perm_addr in register_netdevice() Benefit from the fact that dev->addr_assign_type is set to NET_ADDR_PERM in case the device has permanent address. This also fixes the problem that many drivers do not set perm_addr at all. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> --- net/core/dev.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 2e2448201a76..594830e83589 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -6004,6 +6004,13 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) list_netdevice(dev); add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); + /* If the device has permanent device address, driver should + * set dev_addr and also addr_assign_type should be set to + * NET_ADDR_PERM (default value). + */ + if (dev->addr_assign_type == NET_ADDR_PERM) + memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len); + /* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */ ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev); ret = notifier_to_errno(ret); -- GitLab