[MACVLAN]: Allow setting mac address while device is up
authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:00:42 +0000 (22:00 -0800)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:54:23 +0000 (14:54 -0800)
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/macvlan.c

index 9f4d65c..b7c9791 100644 (file)
@@ -213,6 +213,29 @@ static int macvlan_stop(struct net_device *dev)
        return 0;
 }
 
+static int macvlan_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
+{
+       struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
+       struct net_device *lowerdev = vlan->lowerdev;
+       struct sockaddr *addr = p;
+       int err;
+
+       if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
+               return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+
+       if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP))
+               goto out;
+
+       err = dev_unicast_add(lowerdev, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+       if (err < 0)
+               return err;
+       dev_unicast_delete(lowerdev, dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+
+out:
+       memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static void macvlan_change_rx_flags(struct net_device *dev, int change)
 {
        struct macvlan_dev *vlan = netdev_priv(dev);
@@ -300,6 +323,7 @@ static void macvlan_setup(struct net_device *dev)
        dev->stop               = macvlan_stop;
        dev->change_mtu         = macvlan_change_mtu;
        dev->change_rx_flags    = macvlan_change_rx_flags;
+       dev->set_mac_address    = macvlan_set_mac_address;
        dev->set_multicast_list = macvlan_set_multicast_list;
        dev->hard_start_xmit    = macvlan_hard_start_xmit;
        dev->destructor         = free_netdev;