Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2] xen-netback: allow changing the MAC address of the interface

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 06:08:25PM +0000, Matt Wilson wrote:
> Sometimes it is useful to be able to change the MAC address of the
> interface for netback devices. For example, when using ebtables it may
> be useful to be able to distinguish traffic from different interfaces
> without depending on the interface name.
> 
> Reported-by: Nikita Borzykh <sample.n@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: Paul Harvey <stockingpaul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Acked-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Matt Wilson <msw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> Changes since v1:
>  * No code changes, only updated commit message
> ---
>  drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c |    2 ++
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c 
> b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> index b7d41f8..f733cae 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
> @@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static const struct net_device_ops xenvif_netdev_ops = {
>       .ndo_stop       = xenvif_close,
>       .ndo_change_mtu = xenvif_change_mtu,
>       .ndo_fix_features = xenvif_fix_features,
> +     .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
> +     .ndo_validate_addr   = eth_validate_addr,
>  };
>  
>  struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
> -- 
> 1.7.4.5
> 

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