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Subject[RFC v2 3/4] xen-netback: use a random MAC address
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From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@suse.com>

The purpose of using a static MAC address of FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
was to prevent our backend interfaces from being used by the
bridge and nominating our interface as a root bridge. This was
possible given that the bridge code will use the lowest MAC
address for a port once a new interface gets added to the bridge.
The bridge code has a generic feature now to allow interfaces
to opt out from root bridge nominations, use that instead.

Cc: Paul Durrant <Paul.Durrant@citrix.com>
Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>
Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@suse.com>
---
drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c | 14 +++++---------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
index fff8cdd..d380e3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netback/interface.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
#define XENVIF_QUEUE_LENGTH 32
#define XENVIF_NAPI_WEIGHT 64

+static const u8 xen_oui[3] = { 0x00, 0x16, 0x3e };
+
int xenvif_schedulable(struct xenvif *vif)
{
return netif_running(vif->dev) && netif_carrier_ok(vif->dev);
@@ -347,15 +349,9 @@ struct xenvif *xenvif_alloc(struct device *parent, domid_t domid,
for (i = 0; i < MAX_PENDING_REQS; i++)
vif->mmap_pages[i] = NULL;

- /*
- * Initialise a dummy MAC address. We choose the numerically
- * largest non-broadcast address to prevent the address getting
- * stolen by an Ethernet bridge for STP purposes.
- * (FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF)
- */
- memset(dev->dev_addr, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN);
- dev->dev_addr[0] &= ~0x01;
-
+ eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+ memcpy(dev->dev_addr, xen_oui, 3);
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_BRIDGE_NON_ROOT;
netif_napi_add(dev, &vif->napi, xenvif_poll, XENVIF_NAPI_WEIGHT);

netif_carrier_off(dev);
--
1.8.5.2


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