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SubjectRe: [PATCH 5/8] net: add helper eth_addr_add()
Am 2022-01-25 11:24, schrieb Rafał Miłecki:
> On 28.12.2021 15:25, Michael Walle wrote:
>> Add a helper to add an offset to a ethernet address. This comes in
>> handy
>> if you have a base ethernet address for multiple interfaces.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
>> ---
>> include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> index 2ad71cc90b37..9d621dc85290 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
>> @@ -486,6 +486,20 @@ static inline void eth_addr_inc(u8 *addr)
>> u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
>> }
>> +/**
>> + * eth_addr_add() - Add (or subtract) and offset to/from the given
>> MAC address.
>> + *
>> + * @offset: Offset to add.
>> + * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to
>> increment.
>> + */
>> +static inline void eth_addr_add(u8 *addr, long offset)
>> +{
>> + u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
>> +
>> + u += offset;
>> + u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
>> +}
>
> Please check eth_hw_addr_gen() which contains identical code +
> eth_hw_addr_set().
>
> You should probably make eth_hw_addr_gen() use your new function as a
> helper.

You'd need to copy the mac address first because eth_addr_add()
modifies the mac address in place. I don't see that this is
improving anything.

-michael

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