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net: dev: Add extack argument to dev_set_mac_address()

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A follow-up patch will add a notifier type NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, which
allows vetoing of MAC address changes. One prominent path to that
notification is through dev_set_mac_address(). Therefore give this
function an extack argument, so that it can be packed together with the
notification. Thus a textual reason for rejection (or a warning) can be
communicated back to the user.

Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Petr Machata
2018-12-13 11:54:30 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 95302c394c
commit 3a37a9636c
13 changed files with 29 additions and 24 deletions
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@@ -3628,7 +3628,8 @@ int dev_set_mtu_ext(struct net_device *dev, int mtu,
int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
int dev_change_tx_queue_len(struct net_device *, unsigned long);
void dev_set_group(struct net_device *, int);
int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *, struct sockaddr *);
int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
int dev_change_carrier(struct net_device *, bool new_carrier);
int dev_get_phys_port_id(struct net_device *dev,
struct netdev_phys_item_id *ppid);