sfc: save old MAC address in case sriov_mac_address_changed fails
Otherwise the PF and VF can disagree on the VF's MAC address and
this leads to strange behaviour, up to and including kernel panics.
Signed-off-by: Shradha Shah <sshah@solarflare.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
index 0f127a0..864c337 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/efx.c
@@ -2196,6 +2196,8 @@
struct efx_nic *efx = netdev_priv(net_dev);
struct sockaddr *addr = data;
u8 *new_addr = addr->sa_data;
+ u8 old_addr[6];
+ int rc;
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(new_addr)) {
netif_err(efx, drv, efx->net_dev,
@@ -2204,9 +2206,16 @@
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
}
+ /* save old address */
+ ether_addr_copy(old_addr, net_dev->dev_addr);
ether_addr_copy(net_dev->dev_addr, new_addr);
- if (efx->type->sriov_mac_address_changed)
- efx->type->sriov_mac_address_changed(efx);
+ if (efx->type->sriov_mac_address_changed) {
+ rc = efx->type->sriov_mac_address_changed(efx);
+ if (rc) {
+ ether_addr_copy(net_dev->dev_addr, old_addr);
+ return rc;
+ }
+ }
/* Reconfigure the MAC */
mutex_lock(&efx->mac_lock);