The patch titled
bridge: assign random address
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
bridge-assign-random-address.patch
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Subject: bridge: assign random address
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assigning a valid random address to bridge device solves problems when
bridge device is brought up before adding real device to bridge. When the
first real device is added to the bridge, it's address will overide the
bridges random address.
Note: any device added to a bridge must already have a valid
ethernet address.
br_add_if -> br_fdb_insert -> fdb_insert -> is_valid_ether_addr
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_device.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN net/bridge/br_device.c~bridge-assign-random-address net/bridge/br_device.c
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c~bridge-assign-random-address
+++ a/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ static struct ethtool_ops br_ethtool_ops
void br_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
{
- memset(dev->dev_addr, 0, ETH_ALEN);
-
+ random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
ether_setup(dev);
dev->do_ioctl = br_dev_ioctl;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
git-input.patch
fujitsu-application-panel-driver.patch
apanel-free-input-device-on-close.patch
apanel-change-name-of-led.patch
apanel-detach-on-shutdown.patch
apanel-use-generic-keycode-routines.patch
git-net.patch
git-netdev-all.patch
git-wireless.patch
bonding-locking-fix.patch
bridge-assign-random-address.patch
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