This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
net/ncsi: Fix gma flag setting after response
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:
net-ncsi-fix-gma-flag-setting-after-response.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 f15f079e32fe4e473eb65f4bff38385b83a97b29
Author: Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri Dec 27 14:43:49 2019 -0800
net/ncsi: Fix gma flag setting after response
[ Upstream commit 9e860947d8d7a1504476ac49abfce90a4ce600f3 ]
gma_flag was set at the time of GMA command request but it should
only be set after getting successful response. Movinng this flag
setting in GMA response handler.
This flag is used mainly for not repeating GMA command once
received MAC address.
Signed-off-by: Vijay Khemka <vijaykhemka@xxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Samuel Mendoza-Jonas <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 790071347a0a ("net/ncsi: change from ndo_set_mac_address to dev_set_mac_address")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
index 9bd12f7517ed5..6710f6b8764be 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-manage.c
@@ -770,9 +770,6 @@ static int ncsi_gma_handler(struct ncsi_cmd_arg *nca, unsigned int mf_id)
return -1;
}
- /* Set the flag for GMA command which should only be called once */
- nca->ndp->gma_flag = 1;
-
/* Get Mac address from NCSI device */
return nch->handler(nca);
}
diff --git a/net/ncsi/ncsi-rsp.c b/net/ncsi/ncsi-rsp.c
index 7c893c3799202..e1c6bb4ab98fd 100644
--- a/net/ncsi/ncsi-rsp.c
+++ b/net/ncsi/ncsi-rsp.c
@@ -627,6 +627,9 @@ static int ncsi_rsp_handler_oem_mlx_gma(struct ncsi_request *nr)
saddr.sa_family = ndev->type;
ndev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
memcpy(saddr.sa_data, &rsp->data[MLX_MAC_ADDR_OFFSET], ETH_ALEN);
+ /* Set the flag for GMA command which should only be called once */
+ ndp->gma_flag = 1;
+
ret = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(ndev, &saddr);
if (ret < 0)
netdev_warn(ndev, "NCSI: 'Writing mac address to device failed\n");
@@ -671,6 +674,9 @@ static int ncsi_rsp_handler_oem_bcm_gma(struct ncsi_request *nr)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr((const u8 *)saddr.sa_data))
return -ENXIO;
+ /* Set the flag for GMA command which should only be called once */
+ ndp->gma_flag = 1;
+
ret = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(ndev, &saddr);
if (ret < 0)
netdev_warn(ndev, "NCSI: 'Writing mac address to device failed\n");
