Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:12:29AM +0200, Marian Postevca wrote: >> When listening for notifications through netlink of a new interface being >> registered, sporadically, it is possible for the MAC to be read as zero. >> The zero MAC address lasts a short period of time and then switches to a >> valid random MAC address. >> >> This causes problems for netd in Android, which assumes that the interface >> is malfunctioning and will not use it. >> >> In the good case we get this log: >> InterfaceController::getCfg() ifName usb0 >> hwAddr 92:a8:f0:73:79:5b ipv4Addr 0.0.0.0 flags 0x1002 >> >> In the error case we get these logs: >> InterfaceController::getCfg() ifName usb0 >> hwAddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 ipv4Addr 0.0.0.0 flags 0x1002 >> >> netd : interfaceGetCfg("usb0") >> netd : interfaceSetCfg() -> ServiceSpecificException >> (99, "[Cannot assign requested address] : ioctl() failed") >> >> The reason for the issue is the order in which the interface is setup, >> it is first registered through register_netdev() and after the MAC >> address is set. >> >> Fixed by first setting the MAC address of the net_device and after that >> calling register_netdev(). >> >> Signed-off-by: Marian Postevca <posteuca@xxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c | 16 ++++++---------- >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > What commit does this fix? Should it go to stable kernel releases? > > thanks, > > greg k-h This fixes bcd4a1c40bee885e ("usb: gadget: u_ether: construct with default values and add setters/getters"). I think it should go to stable kernel releases. Should I send a second version of the patch with a Fixes tag? Thanks