in IPoIB case we can't see a VF broadcast address for but can see for PF Before: 11: ib1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256 link/infiniband 80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd 00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff vf 0 MAC 14:80:00:00:66:fe, spoof checking off, link-state disable, trust off, query_rss off ... After: 11: ib1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 256 link/infiniband 80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd 00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff vf 0 link/infiniband 80:00:00:66:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:24:8a:07:03:00:a4:3e:7c brd 00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff, spoof checking off, link-state disable, trust off, query_rss off ... Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <dkirjanov@xxxxxxxx> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 2e1b9ffbe602..f70902b57a40 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -1248,6 +1248,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vfinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, if (!vf) goto nla_put_vfinfo_failure; if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_MAC, sizeof(vf_mac), &vf_mac) || + nla_put(skb, IFLA_BROADCAST, dev->addr_len, dev->broadcast) || nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_VLAN, sizeof(vf_vlan), &vf_vlan) || nla_put(skb, IFLA_VF_RATE, sizeof(vf_rate), &vf_rate) || -- 2.12.3