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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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@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ int ieee802154_add_iface(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
* dev_set_mac_address require RTNL_LOCK
*/
rtnl_lock();
rc = dev_set_mac_address(dev, &addr);
rc = dev_set_mac_address(dev, &addr, NULL);
rtnl_unlock();
if (rc)
goto dev_unregister;