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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst index 31cfd7d674a6..c0a789b00806 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst @@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio ad_actor_system In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in - protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or - multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this - mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then - system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system - address. + protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast + address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally + use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the + local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If + the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters' + mac address as actors' system address. This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through SysFs interface. diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c index a8fde3bc458f..b93337b5a721 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c @@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond, mac = (u8 *)&newval->value; } - if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) + if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac)) goto err; netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting ad_actor_system to %pM\n", mac); |