Some docks support MAC pass-through - MAC address is taken from another device. Driver should indicate that with NET_ADDR_STOLEN flag. This should help to avoid collisions if network interface names are generated with MAC policy. Reported and discussed here https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33104 Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/usb/r8152.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c index 19df1cd9f072..ea5c5be4a958 100644 --- a/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c +++ b/drivers/net/usb/r8152.c @@ -1774,6 +1774,7 @@ static int vendor_mac_passthru_addr_read(struct r8152 *tp, struct sockaddr *sa) goto amacout; } memcpy(sa->sa_data, buf, 6); + tp->netdev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_STOLEN; netif_info(tp, probe, tp->netdev, "Using pass-thru MAC addr %pM\n", sa->sa_data); -- 2.45.1
