This is the way to indicate that mac address of a device has been set by
dev_set_mac_address()
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
#define NET_ADDR_PERM 0 /* address is permanent (default) */
#define NET_ADDR_RANDOM 1 /* address is generated randomly */
#define NET_ADDR_STOLEN 2 /* address is stolen from other device */
+#define NET_ADDR_SET 3 /* address is set using
+ * dev_set_mac_address() */
/* Backlog congestion levels */
#define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */
err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
if (err)
return err;
+ dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
return 0;