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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/net-sysfs.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h index 3d7a6687d24..848480bc2bf 100644 --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h @@ -127,6 +127,20 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr) } /** + * dev_hw_addr_random - Create random MAC and set device flag + * @dev: pointer to net_device structure + * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address + * + * Generate random MAC to be used by a device and set addr_assign_type + * so the state can be read by sysfs and be used by udev. + */ +static inline void dev_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev, u8 *hwaddr) +{ + dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM; + random_ether_addr(hwaddr); +} + +/** * compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address * @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index b6262898ece..1bca6171b1a 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ struct wireless_dev; #define HAVE_FREE_NETDEV /* free_netdev() */ #define HAVE_NETDEV_PRIV /* netdev_priv() */ +/* hardware address assignment types */ +#define NET_ADDR_PERM 0 /* address is permanent (default) */ +#define NET_ADDR_RANDOM 1 /* address is generated randomly */ +#define NET_ADDR_STOLEN 2 /* address is stolen from other device */ + /* Backlog congestion levels */ #define NET_RX_SUCCESS 0 /* keep 'em coming, baby */ #define NET_RX_DROP 1 /* packet dropped */ @@ -919,6 +924,7 @@ struct net_device { /* Interface address info. */ unsigned char perm_addr[MAX_ADDR_LEN]; /* permanent hw address */ + unsigned char addr_assign_type; /* hw address assignment type */ unsigned char addr_len; /* hardware address length */ unsigned short dev_id; /* for shared network cards */ diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c index d2b596537d4..af4dfbadf2a 100644 --- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c +++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ static ssize_t netdev_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, } NETDEVICE_SHOW(dev_id, fmt_hex); +NETDEVICE_SHOW(addr_assign_type, fmt_dec); NETDEVICE_SHOW(addr_len, fmt_dec); NETDEVICE_SHOW(iflink, fmt_dec); NETDEVICE_SHOW(ifindex, fmt_dec); @@ -295,6 +296,7 @@ static ssize_t show_ifalias(struct device *dev, } static struct device_attribute net_class_attributes[] = { + __ATTR(addr_assign_type, S_IRUGO, show_addr_assign_type, NULL), __ATTR(addr_len, S_IRUGO, show_addr_len, NULL), __ATTR(dev_id, S_IRUGO, show_dev_id, NULL), __ATTR(ifalias, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR, show_ifalias, store_ifalias), |