Re: [PATCH 2/8] bnx2x: adopt bnx2x_validate_addr() to.ndo_validate_addr changes

From: Dmitry Kravkov
Date: Wed Feb 29 2012 - 11:22:30 EST


On Wed, 2012-02-29 at 16:42 +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> Adopted bnx2x_validate_addr() to changes in .ndo_validate_addr,
> handle second parameter to be validated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> index b4afef6..d25ef1e 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c
> @@ -10532,12 +10532,19 @@ static void poll_bnx2x(struct net_device *dev)
> }
> #endif
>
> -static int bnx2x_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev)
> +static int bnx2x_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *addr)
> {
> struct bnx2x *bp = netdev_priv(dev);
> + struct sockaddr *saddr;
>
> - if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, dev->dev_addr))
> - return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> + if (addr) {
> + saddr = addr;
> + if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, saddr->sa_data))
> + return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> + } else {
> + if (!bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr(bp, dev->dev_addr))
> + return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
> + }
> return 0;
> }
>

Isn't it preferred to calculate the correct address for test and then
call bnx2x_is_valid_ether_addr() at the end?


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