[PATCH] rtl8187: ensure priv->hwaddr is always valid
conf->mac_addr is not guaranteed to be set. This ensures priv->hwaddr is
always set to a valid mac address. Thanks to Johannes Berg
<johannes@sipsolutions.net> for finding this problem.
Signed-off-by: Michael Wu <flamingice@sourmilk.net>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
index cea8589..e61c6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl8187_dev.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
}
- priv->hwaddr = conf->mac_addr;
+ priv->hwaddr = conf->mac_addr ? conf->mac_addr : dev->wiphy->perm_addr;
return 0;
}