Merge branch 'addr_assign_type'

Bjørn Mork says:

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net: set addr_assign_type when inheriting a dev_addr

Copying the dev_addr from a parent device is an operation
common to a number of drivers. The addr_assign_type should
be updated accordingly, either by reusing the value from
the source device or explicitly indicating that the address
is stolen by setting addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_STOLEN.

This patch set adds a helper copying both the dev_addr and
the addr_assign_type, and use this helper in drivers which
don't currently set the addr_assign_type. Using NET_ADDR_STOLEN
might be more appropriate in some of these cases.  Please
let me know, and I'll update the patch accordingly.

Changes in v2:
 - assuming addr_len == ETH_ALEN to allow optimized memcpy
 - dropped the vt6656 patch due to addr_len being unset in that driver
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c623861964e..d8b512496e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 
 /**
+ * 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
  * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address