This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default to the 5.4-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: bonding-fix-ad_actor_system-option-setting-to-defaul.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.4 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit a70ab6ae52c3a53fa553bc7abf504ae215bc71de Author: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue Dec 21 12:13:45 2021 +0100 bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default [ Upstream commit 1c15b05baea71a5ff98235783e3e4ad227760876 ] When 802.3ad bond mode is configured the ad_actor_system option is set to "00:00:00:00:00:00". But when trying to set the all-zeroes MAC as actors' system address it was failing with EINVAL. An all-zeroes ethernet address is valid, only multicast addresses are not valid values. Fixes: 171a42c38c6e ("bonding: add netlink support for sys prio, actor sys mac, and port key") Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211221111345.2462-1-ffmancera@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt index e3abfbd32f71e..b020e6ce6dd49 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.txt @@ -191,11 +191,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio ad_actor_system In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in - protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or - multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this - mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then - system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system - address. + protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast + address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally + use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the + local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If + the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters' + mac address as actors' system address. This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through SysFs interface. diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c index 215c109232893..933087d85549a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c @@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond, mac = (u8 *)&newval->value; } - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) + if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac)) goto err; netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting ad_actor_system to %pM\n", mac);