On 9/1/22 15:18, Michael Walle wrote:
> Add a helper to add an offset to a ethernet address. This comes in handy
> if you have a base ethernet address for multiple interfaces.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@xxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> changes since v1:
> - none
>
> include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> index a541f0c4f146..f144cadbe99d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> @@ -507,6 +507,20 @@ static inline void eth_addr_inc(u8 *addr)
> u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
> }
>
> +/**
> + * eth_addr_add() - Add (or subtract) and offset to/from the given MAC address.
an offset
?
> + *
> + * @offset: Offset to add.
> + * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to increment.
> + */
> +static inline void eth_addr_add(u8 *addr, long offset)
> +{
> + u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
> +
> + u += offset;
> + u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device.
> * @dev: Pointer to a device structure
--
~Randy
