This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net: use eth_hw_addr_set() instead of ether_addr_copy()
to the 5.15-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:
net-use-eth_hw_addr_set-instead-of-ether_addr_copy.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit e7083965b44b46115f9c46bf9bb79c932834236c
Author: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Oct 1 14:32:22 2021 -0700
net: use eth_hw_addr_set() instead of ether_addr_copy()
[ Upstream commit e35b8d7dbb094c79daf920797c372911edc2d525 ]
Convert from ether_addr_copy() to eth_hw_addr_set():
@@
expression dev, np;
@@
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, np)
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, np)
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index c0b21a5580d52..3f43c253adaca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ static int ipvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
list_for_each_entry(ipvlan, &port->ipvlans, pnode) {
- ether_addr_copy(ipvlan->dev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(ipvlan->dev, dev->dev_addr);
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, ipvlan->dev);
}
break;
diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 354890948f8a1..0a860cbe03e76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3616,7 +3616,7 @@ static int macsec_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
dev_uc_del(real_dev, dev->dev_addr);
out:
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr->sa_data);
macsec->secy.sci = dev_to_sci(dev, MACSEC_PORT_ES);
/* If h/w offloading is available, propagate to the device */
diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index a9a515cf5a460..6363459ba1d05 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ static int macvlan_sync_address(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
/* Just copy in the new address */
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr);
} else {
/* Rehash and update the device filters */
if (macvlan_addr_busy(vlan->port, addr))
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
index 8602885c8a8e0..a54535cbcf4cf 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ bool vlan_dev_inherit_address(struct net_device *dev,
if (dev->addr_assign_type != NET_ADDR_STOLEN)
return false;
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, real_dev->dev_addr);
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
return true;
}
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static int vlan_dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
dev_uc_del(real_dev, dev->dev_addr);
out:
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr->sa_data);
return 0;
}
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ static int vlan_dev_init(struct net_device *dev)
dev->dev_id = real_dev->dev_id;
if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr)) {
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, real_dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, real_dev->dev_addr);
dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_STOLEN;
}
if (is_zero_ether_addr(dev->broadcast))
diff --git a/net/dsa/slave.c b/net/dsa/slave.c
index a2bf2d8ac65b7..11ec9e689589b 100644
--- a/net/dsa/slave.c
+++ b/net/dsa/slave.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int dsa_slave_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *a)
dev_uc_del(master, dev->dev_addr);
out:
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(dev, addr->sa_data);
return 0;
}
@@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ int dsa_slave_create(struct dsa_port *port)
slave_dev->ethtool_ops = &dsa_slave_ethtool_ops;
if (!is_zero_ether_addr(port->mac))
- ether_addr_copy(slave_dev->dev_addr, port->mac);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(slave_dev, port->mac);
else
eth_hw_addr_inherit(slave_dev, master);
slave_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_NO_QUEUE;
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
index ea7b96e296ef0..a1045c3d71b4f 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_device.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ int hsr_dev_finalize(struct net_device *hsr_dev, struct net_device *slave[2],
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&hsr->self_node_db);
spin_lock_init(&hsr->list_lock);
- ether_addr_copy(hsr_dev->dev_addr, slave[0]->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(hsr_dev, slave[0]->dev_addr);
/* initialize protocol specific functions */
if (protocol_version == PRP_V1) {
diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_main.c b/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
index f7e284f23b1f3..b099c31501509 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_main.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int hsr_netdev_notify(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long event,
master = hsr_port_get_hsr(hsr, HSR_PT_MASTER);
if (port->type == HSR_PT_SLAVE_A) {
- ether_addr_copy(master->dev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr);
+ eth_hw_addr_set(master->dev, dev->dev_addr);
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR,
master->dev);
}
