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| author | Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara.volam@emulex.com> | 2014-01-15 13:23:35 +0530 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2014-01-15 15:52:02 -0800 |
| commit | ff32f8abbe4469c409a8e92fa63c2da0d7da55e2 (patch) | |
| tree | 04077d555a6d3b6b37020ae8951ace8b08d6448f /drivers/net/ethernet | |
| parent | baaa08d148ac2d02567126e85213e82675ca55c0 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ff32f8abbe4469c409a8e92fa63c2da0d7da55e2.tar.bz2 | |
be2net: ignore mac-addr set call for an already programmed mac-addr
An ndo_set_mac_addr() call may be issued for a mac-addr that is already
active on an interface. If so, silently ignore the request. Sending such
a request to the FW, causes a "mac collision" error. The error is harmless
but is avoidable noise in the kernel log.
Signed-off-by: Vasundhara Volam <vasundhara.volam@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@emulex.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c index 0710f9a84de3..ce589b43bd51 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c @@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ static int be_mac_addr_set(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; + /* Proceed further only if, User provided MAC is different + * from active MAC + */ + if (ether_addr_equal(addr->sa_data, netdev->dev_addr)) + return 0; + /* The PMAC_ADD cmd may fail if the VF doesn't have FILTMGMT * privilege or if PF did not provision the new MAC address. * On BE3, this cmd will always fail if the VF doesn't have the |