From 7425d8220f8d0c2127aec75677f652a26f86bc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shahed Shaikh Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 05:50:11 -0700 Subject: qed* : use trust mode to allow VF to override forced MAC As per existing behavior, when PF sets a MAC address for a VF (also called as forced MAC), VF is not allowed to change its MAC address afterwards. This puts the limitation on few use cases such as bonding of VFs, where bonding driver asks VF to change its MAC address. This patch uses a VF trust mode to allow VF to change its MAC address in spite PF has set a forced MAC for that VF. Signed-off-by: Shahed Shaikh Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c') diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c index 6687e04d1558..8094f035b705 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_filter.c @@ -550,8 +550,7 @@ void qede_force_mac(void *dev, u8 *mac, bool forced) __qede_lock(edev); - /* MAC hints take effect only if we haven't set one already */ - if (is_valid_ether_addr(edev->ndev->dev_addr) && !forced) { + if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac)) { __qede_unlock(edev); return; } -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b