From fa0879e37b59e8e3f130a30a9e6fa515717c5bdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Hajnoczi Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:17:22 +0000 Subject: net: split eth_mac_addr for better error handling When we set mac address, software mac address in system and hardware mac address all need to be updated. Current eth_mac_addr() doesn't allow callers to implement error handling nicely. This patch split eth_mac_addr() to prepare part and real commit part, then we can prepare first, and try to change hardware address, then do the real commit if hardware address is set successfully. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Signed-off-by: Amos Kong Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ethernet/eth.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ethernet') diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c index bc39c8c8f589..a36c85eab5b4 100644 --- a/net/ethernet/eth.c +++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c @@ -271,6 +271,36 @@ void eth_header_cache_update(struct hh_cache *hh, } EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_header_cache_update); +/** + * eth_prepare_mac_addr_change - prepare for mac change + * @dev: network device + * @p: socket address + */ +int eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p) +{ + struct sockaddr *addr = p; + + if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev)) + return -EBUSY; + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) + return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + return 0; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_prepare_mac_addr_change); + +/** + * eth_commit_mac_addr_change - commit mac change + * @dev: network device + * @p: socket address + */ +void eth_commit_mac_addr_change(struct net_device *dev, void *p) +{ + struct sockaddr *addr = p; + + memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_commit_mac_addr_change); + /** * eth_mac_addr - set new Ethernet hardware address * @dev: network device @@ -283,13 +313,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_header_cache_update); */ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p) { - struct sockaddr *addr = p; + int ret; - if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev)) - return -EBUSY; - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) - return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; - memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN); + ret = eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(dev, p); + if (ret < 0) + return ret; + eth_commit_mac_addr_change(dev, p); return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_mac_addr); -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g7522