This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
be2net: don't delete MAC on close on unprivileged BE3 VFs
to the 4.9-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:
be2net-don-t-delete-mac-on-close-on-unprivileged-be3-vfs.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From foo@baz Mon Jul 3 13:37:32 CEST 2017
From: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:38:28 +0100
Subject: be2net: don't delete MAC on close on unprivileged BE3 VFs
From: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 6d928ae590c8d58cfd5cca997d54394de139cbb7 ]
BE3 VFs without FILTMGMT privilege are not allowed to modify its MAC,
VLAN table and UC/MC lists. So don't try to delete MAC on such VFs.
Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <cera@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c
@@ -3630,7 +3630,11 @@ static void be_rx_qs_destroy(struct be_a
static void be_disable_if_filters(struct be_adapter *adapter)
{
- be_dev_mac_del(adapter, adapter->pmac_id[0]);
+ /* Don't delete MAC on BE3 VFs without FILTMGMT privilege */
+ if (!BEx_chip(adapter) || !be_virtfn(adapter) ||
+ check_privilege(adapter, BE_PRIV_FILTMGMT))
+ be_dev_mac_del(adapter, adapter->pmac_id[0]);
+
be_clear_uc_list(adapter);
be_clear_mc_list(adapter);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from cera@xxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/be2net-don-t-delete-mac-on-close-on-unprivileged-be3-vfs.patch
queue-4.9/be2net-fix-status-check-in-be_cmd_pmac_add.patch
queue-4.9/be2net-fix-mac-addr-setting-on-privileged-be3-vfs.patch