From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com> Subject: [PATCH net-next] ixgbe: Extend trust to allow guest to set unicast address Date: Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:34:20 -0500 Message-ID: <1451669660-3628-1-git-send-email-3chas3@gmail.com> Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com> To: intel-wired-lan@lists.osuosl.org Return-path: Received: from mail-qg0-f47.google.com ([209.85.192.47]:34339 "EHLO mail-qg0-f47.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752051AbcAARe0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jan 2016 12:34:26 -0500 Received: by mail-qg0-f47.google.com with SMTP id 6so139618107qgy.1 for ; Fri, 01 Jan 2016 09:34:26 -0800 (PST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: When running certain routing protocols like VRRP, VF guests need the ability to set the unicast address of the interface. Extend the new ndo trust feature to let the hypervisor trust a guest to set/update its own unicast address. Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c index eeff3d0..63cff17 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c @@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static int ixgbe_set_vf_mac_addr(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter, return -1; } - if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].pf_set_mac && + if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].pf_set_mac && !adapter->vfinfo[vf].trusted && !ether_addr_equal(adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mac_addresses, new_mac)) { e_warn(drv, "VF %d attempted to override administratively set MAC address\n" -- 2.5.0