FAILED: patch "[PATCH] usb: gadget: u_ether: fix regression in setting fixed MAC" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From b337af3a4d6147000b7ca6b3438bf5c820849b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marian Postevca <posteuca@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 18:34:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] usb: gadget: u_ether: fix regression in setting fixed MAC
 address

In systemd systems setting a fixed MAC address through
the "dev_addr" module argument fails systematically.
When checking the MAC address after the interface is created
it always has the same but different MAC address to the one
supplied as argument.

This is partially caused by systemd which by default will
set an internally generated permanent MAC address for interfaces
that are marked as having a randomly generated address.

Commit 890d5b40908bfd1a ("usb: gadget: u_ether: fix race in
setting MAC address in setup phase") didn't take into account
the fact that the interface must be marked as having a set
MAC address when it's set as module argument.

Fixed by marking the interface with NET_ADDR_SET when
the "dev_addr" module argument is supplied.

Fixes: 890d5b40908bfd1a ("usb: gadget: u_ether: fix race in setting MAC address in setup phase")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Marian Postevca <posteuca@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220603153459.32722-1-posteuca@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
index 6f5d45ef2e39..f51694f29de9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.c
@@ -775,9 +775,13 @@ struct eth_dev *gether_setup_name(struct usb_gadget *g,
 	dev->qmult = qmult;
 	snprintf(net->name, sizeof(net->name), "%s%%d", netname);
 
-	if (get_ether_addr(dev_addr, addr))
+	if (get_ether_addr(dev_addr, addr)) {
+		net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 		dev_warn(&g->dev,
 			"using random %s ethernet address\n", "self");
+	} else {
+		net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
+	}
 	eth_hw_addr_set(net, addr);
 	if (get_ether_addr(host_addr, dev->host_mac))
 		dev_warn(&g->dev,
@@ -844,6 +848,10 @@ struct net_device *gether_setup_name_default(const char *netname)
 
 	eth_random_addr(dev->dev_mac);
 	pr_warn("using random %s ethernet address\n", "self");
+
+	/* by default we always have a random MAC address */
+	net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
+
 	eth_random_addr(dev->host_mac);
 	pr_warn("using random %s ethernet address\n", "host");
 
@@ -871,7 +879,6 @@ int gether_register_netdev(struct net_device *net)
 	dev = netdev_priv(net);
 	g = dev->gadget;
 
-	net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
 	eth_hw_addr_set(net, dev->dev_mac);
 
 	status = register_netdev(net);
@@ -912,6 +919,7 @@ int gether_set_dev_addr(struct net_device *net, const char *dev_addr)
 	if (get_ether_addr(dev_addr, new_addr))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	memcpy(dev->dev_mac, new_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gether_set_dev_addr);