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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c | 38 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 12 |
2 files changed, 41 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c index 20963f106c3..cd466e30af6 100644 --- a/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c +++ b/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ void uml_net_user_timer_expire(unsigned long _conn) #endif } -static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr) +static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr, char *name) { char *end; int i; @@ -302,15 +302,32 @@ static void setup_etheraddr(char *str, unsigned char *addr) } str = end + 1; } - if(addr[0] & 1){ + if (is_multicast_ether_addr(addr)) { printk(KERN_ERR - "Attempt to assign a broadcast ethernet address to a " + "Attempt to assign a multicast ethernet address to a " "device disallowed\n"); goto random; } + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr)) { + printk(KERN_ERR + "Attempt to assign an invalid ethernet address to a " + "device disallowed\n"); + goto random; + } + if (!is_local_ether_addr(addr)) { + printk(KERN_WARNING + "Warning: attempt to assign a globally valid ethernet address to a " + "device\n"); + printk(KERN_WARNING "You should better enable the 2nd rightmost bit " + "in the first byte of the MAC, i.e. " + "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x\n", + addr[0] | 0x02, addr[1], addr[2], addr[3], addr[4], addr[5]); + } return; random: + printk(KERN_INFO + "Choosing a random ethernet address for device %s\n", name); random_ether_addr(addr); } @@ -331,6 +348,7 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac, struct net_device *dev; struct uml_net_private *lp; int save, err, size; + char name[sizeof(dev->name)]; size = transport->private_size + sizeof(struct uml_net_private) + sizeof(((struct uml_net_private *) 0)->user); @@ -344,7 +362,13 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&device->list); device->index = n; - setup_etheraddr(mac, device->mac); + /* If this name ends up conflicting with an existing registered + * netdevice, that is OK, register_netdev{,ice}() will notice this + * and fail. + */ + snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "eth%d", n); + + setup_etheraddr(mac, device->mac, name); printk(KERN_INFO "Netdevice %d ", n); printk("(%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x) ", @@ -375,11 +399,7 @@ static void eth_configure(int n, void *init, char *mac, goto out_free_netdev; SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev,&device->pdev.dev); - /* If this name ends up conflicting with an existing registered - * netdevice, that is OK, register_netdev{,ice}() will notice this - * and fail. - */ - snprintf(dev->name, sizeof(dev->name), "eth%d", n); + strcpy(dev->name, name); device->dev = dev; /* diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 745c988359c..071c67abed8 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -71,6 +71,18 @@ static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) } /** + * is_local_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is locally-assigned + * one (IEEE 802). + * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address + * + * Return true if the address is a local address. + */ +static inline int is_local_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) +{ + return (0x02 & addr[0]); +} + +/** * is_broadcast_ether_addr - Determine if the Ethernet address is broadcast * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address * |