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authorSaeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com>2015-12-10 18:12:38 +0300
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2015-12-12 08:15:23 +0300
commit108805fc196e001053e9e7c76f259977804dc0d6 (patch)
tree0be46cb310679c2cb156a1c94a85b646685698d1
parent9bd0a185c2c48226a50e6e5b639edaa9e8ab6c51 (diff)
downloadlinux-108805fc196e001053e9e7c76f259977804dc0d6.tar.xz
net/mlx5e: Assign random MAC address if needed
Under SRIOV there might be a case where VFs are loaded without pre-assigned MAC address. In this case, the VF will randomize its own MAC. This will address the case of administrator not assigning MAC to the VF through the PF OS APIs and keep udev happy. Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c5
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h3
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index d67058afe87e..a20be56df553 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -2103,6 +2103,11 @@ static void mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr(struct net_device *netdev)
struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
mlx5_query_nic_vport_mac_address(priv->mdev, 0, netdev->dev_addr);
+ if (is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr) &&
+ !MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, vport_group_manager)) {
+ eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
+ mlx5_core_info(priv->mdev, "Assigned random MAC address %pM\n", netdev->dev_addr);
+ }
}
static void mlx5e_build_netdev(struct net_device *netdev)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
index bee7da822dfe..ea6a137fd76c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/mlx5_core.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ do { \
(__dev)->priv.name, __func__, __LINE__, current->pid, \
##__VA_ARGS__)
+#define mlx5_core_info(__dev, format, ...) \
+ dev_info(&(__dev)->pdev->dev, format, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
enum {
MLX5_CMD_DATA, /* print command payload only */
MLX5_CMD_TIME, /* print command execution time */