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* [patch net-next] ethtool: set addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_SET when addr is passed on create
@ 2013-01-06 22:41 Jiri Pirko
  2013-01-07  5:05 ` David Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Jiri Pirko @ 2013-01-06 22:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: davem, bhutchings, shemminger, sassmann

In case user passed address via netlink during create, NET_ADDR_PERM was set.
That is not correct so fix this by setting NET_ADDR_SET.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9969afb..9a419b0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1667,9 +1667,11 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net,
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
 		dev->mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
-	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
+	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
 				nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]));
+		dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
+	}
 	if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST])
 		memcpy(dev->broadcast, nla_data(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]),
 				nla_len(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]));
-- 
1.8.1

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