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| author | Petr Machata | 2018-12-13 12:54:30 +0100 |
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| committer | David S. Miller | 2018-12-14 03:41:38 +0100 |
| commit | 3a37a9636cf3a1af2621a33f7eef8a2a3da81030 (patch) | |
| tree | 39d632745b9834d8297856b8900b793ec43c45d7 /net/core/dev.c | |
| parent | Merge tag 'mlx5e-updates-2018-12-11' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke... (diff) | |
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net: dev: Add extack argument to dev_set_mac_address()
A follow-up patch will add a notifier type NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, which
allows vetoing of MAC address changes. One prominent path to that
notification is through dev_set_mac_address(). Therefore give this
function an extack argument, so that it can be packed together with the
notification. Thus a textual reason for rejection (or a warning) can be
communicated back to the user.
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 754284873355..7250a3a73fa4 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -7759,10 +7759,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_group); * dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address * @dev: device * @sa: new address + * @extack: netlink extended ack * * Change the hardware (MAC) address of the device */ -int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa) +int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa, + struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) { const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops; int err; |