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net: dev: Issue NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR

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When a device address is about to be changed, or an address added to the
list of device HW addresses, it is necessary to ensure that all
interested parties can support the address. Therefore, send the
NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR notification, and if anyone bails on it, do not
change the address.

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 11:54:35 +00:00
committed by David S. Miller
parent 1570415f08
commit d59cdf9475
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@@ -7756,6 +7756,27 @@ void dev_set_group(struct net_device *dev, int new_group)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_group);
/**
* dev_pre_changeaddr_notify - Call NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR.
* @dev: device
* @addr: new address
* @extack: netlink extended ack
*/
int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
{
struct netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info info = {
.info.dev = dev,
.info.extack = extack,
.dev_addr = addr,
};
int rc;
rc = call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, &info.info);
return notifier_to_errno(rc);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_pre_changeaddr_notify);
/**
* dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address
* @dev: device
@@ -7776,6 +7797,9 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
return -EINVAL;
if (!netif_device_present(dev))
return -ENODEV;
err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, sa->sa_data, extack);
if (err)
return err;
err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
if (err)
return err;