From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Kirsher Subject: [net-next 5/6] ixgbevf: fix MAC address changes through ixgbevf_set_mac() Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 09:37:31 -0700 Message-ID: <20180517163732.30910-6-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> References: <20180517163732.30910-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Cc: Emil Tantilov , netdev@vger.kernel.org, nhorman@redhat.com, sassmann@redhat.com, jogreene@redhat.com, Jeff Kirsher To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:13588 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752439AbeEQQgK (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 May 2018 12:36:10 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180517163732.30910-1-jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Emil Tantilov Set hw->mac.perm_addr in ixgbevf_set_mac() in order to avoid losing the custom MAC on reset. This can happen in the following case: >ip link set $vf address $mac >ethtool -r $vf Signed-off-by: Emil Tantilov Tested-by: Andrew Bowers Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c index 9a939dcaf727..083041129539 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c @@ -4164,6 +4164,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) return -EPERM; ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.addr, addr->sa_data); + ether_addr_copy(hw->mac.perm_addr, addr->sa_data); ether_addr_copy(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data); return 0; -- 2.17.0