[PATCH net v3] net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid the interface always configured as random address

Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
2024-04-01T08:20:26Z

After the commit d2689b6a86b9 ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid two
consecutive device resets"), reset is not executed from bind operation and
mac address is not read from the device registers or the devicetree at that
moment. Since the check to configure if the assigned mac address is random
or not for the interface, happens after the bind operation from
usbnet_probe, the interface keeps configured as random address, although the
address is correctly read and set during open operation (the only reset
now).

In order to keep only one reset for the device and to avoid the interface
always configured as random address, after reset, configure correctly the
suitable field from the driver, if the mac address is read successfully from
the device registers or the devicetree.

cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.6+
Fixes: d2689b6a86b9 ("net: usb: ax88179_178a: avoid two consecutive device resets")
Reported-by: Dave Stevenson <dave.stevenson@raspberrypi.com>
Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@redhat.com>
---
v3:
- Send the patch separately to net.
v2:
- Split the fix and the improvement in two patches as Simon Horman
suggests.
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20240325173155.671807-1-jtornosm@redhat.com/

drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
index 88e084534853..8ca8ace93d9c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/ax88179_178a.c
@@ -1273,6 +1273,7 @@ static void ax88179_get_mac_addr(struct usbnet *dev)

if (is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) {
eth_hw_addr_set(dev->net, mac);
+ dev->net->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_PERM;
} else {
netdev_info(dev->net, "invalid MAC address, using random\n");
eth_hw_addr_random(dev->net);
--
2.44.0