From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-12.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A8B2C4363A for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CBC4223BF for ; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=ibm.com header.i=@ibm.com header.b="O6EToVob" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2439287AbgJTX2R (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:28:17 -0400 Received: from mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com ([148.163.158.5]:44238 "EHLO mx0a-001b2d01.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2439280AbgJTX2R (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:28:17 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (m0098420.ppops.net [127.0.0.1]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 09KN1wn7115604; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:28:14 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ibm.com; h=from : to : cc : subject : date : message-id : mime-version : content-transfer-encoding; s=pp1; bh=NntWf61g3hFvgkCTEYMzGCe0Nf3xMeRe0sQ235Osong=; b=O6EToVob4ZLP1Juk8YrSP+mHlufKx1XZEH9b4wwtIAzvi2FLQa0ixk82AI65NaZqFWHG YBOoCZOKJc0dyDLWScbN3MrP1cphcJmi4npBxhQLKzWYs4bj7GxSrtzJ7KCtstrQteiM xqfTCsAPJBO+5JcGTYTTp9aON6oQkudY9Ph0ZQoH9zwHmoGWW03CbMsszumrkO2lhWsX G3FUb3N9yH94xxZtdBsKpV7OrTYH4ajYveO3v73ElV9xwICwIQSkRSjk5SNwx6Dtk0Av 3lsopA6a6qfxFWLR2lSepUsqSFaDXLJBDx0kyvPgTqnNPs5+toWidnWwluIFIpdebo2V aw== Received: from ppma04dal.us.ibm.com (7a.29.35a9.ip4.static.sl-reverse.com [169.53.41.122]) by mx0b-001b2d01.pphosted.com with ESMTP id 34a7eek7xj-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:28:14 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (ppma04dal.us.ibm.com [127.0.0.1]) by ppma04dal.us.ibm.com (8.16.0.42/8.16.0.42) with SMTP id 09KNRwc6004147; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:13 GMT Received: from b01cxnp23034.gho.pok.ibm.com (b01cxnp23034.gho.pok.ibm.com [9.57.198.29]) by ppma04dal.us.ibm.com with ESMTP id 347r89ankg-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:13 +0000 Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com [9.57.199.106]) by b01cxnp23034.gho.pok.ibm.com (8.14.9/8.14.9/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id 09KNSDov38011200 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:13 GMT Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id 184E82805E; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by IMSVA (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC2262805C; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pompom.ibm.com (unknown [9.85.179.149]) by b01ledav001.gho.pok.ibm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:28:12 +0000 (GMT) From: Lijun Pan To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: Lijun Pan , Jakub Kicinski Subject: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: no need to update adapter->mac_addr before it completes Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:28:12 -0500 Message-Id: <20201020232812.46498-1-ljp@linux.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.22.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-TM-AS-GCONF: 00 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10434:6.0.235,18.0.737 definitions=2020-10-20_13:2020-10-20,2020-10-20 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=outbound_notspam policy=outbound score=0 phishscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=923 priorityscore=1501 lowpriorityscore=0 suspectscore=1 clxscore=1011 malwarescore=0 impostorscore=0 adultscore=0 spamscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.12.0-2009150000 definitions=main-2010200153 Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Jakub Kicinski brought up a concern in ibmvnic_set_mac(). ibmvnic_set_mac() does this: ether_addr_copy(adapter->mac_addr, addr->sa_data); if (adapter->state != VNIC_PROBED) rc = __ibmvnic_set_mac(netdev, addr->sa_data); So if state == VNIC_PROBED, the user can assign an invalid address to adapter->mac_addr, and ibmvnic_set_mac() will still return 0. The fix is to not update adapter->mac_addr in ibmvnic_set_mac and the error path of __ibmvnic_set_mac, and to update adpater->mac_addr in handle_change_mac_rsp after the change mac request is completed in VIOS. Fixes: 62740e97881c ("net/ibmvnic: Update MAC address settings after adapter reset") Cc: Jakub Kicinski Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c index 4dd3625a4fbc..c4c2b0e453fc 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -1817,7 +1817,6 @@ static int __ibmvnic_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, u8 *dev_addr) mutex_unlock(&adapter->fw_lock); return 0; err: - ether_addr_copy(adapter->mac_addr, netdev->dev_addr); return rc; } @@ -1828,7 +1827,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p) int rc; rc = 0; - ether_addr_copy(adapter->mac_addr, addr->sa_data); if (adapter->state != VNIC_PROBED) rc = __ibmvnic_set_mac(netdev, addr->sa_data); -- 2.23.0