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From: =?utf8?q?Bj=C3=B8rn=20Mork?= <bjorn@mork.no>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:08:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] net: etherdevice: add address inherit helper
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Some etherdevices inherit their address from a parent or
master device. The addr_assign_type should be updated along
with the address in these cases. Adding a helper function
to simplify this.
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
include/linux/etherdevice.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c623861964e4..d8b512496e50 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -198,6 +198,21 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
}
+/**
+ * eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
+ * @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
+ * @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from
+ *
+ * Copy the Ethernet address from one net_device to another along with
+ * the address attributes (addr_assign_type).
+ */
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_inherit(struct net_device *dst,
+ struct net_device *src)
+{
+ dst->addr_assign_type = src->addr_assign_type;
+ memcpy(dst->dev_addr, src->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+}
+
/**
* compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
* @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
--
2.34.1