[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] kni: don't rewrite ethernet address every time an interface goes up

[Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>]

Now every time a KNI interface goes up, its ethernet address is overwritten.
After this patch ethernet address is assigned only once, at initialization
time.

Suggested-by: Sergey Balabanov <balabanovsv@ecotelecom.ru>
Signed-off-by: Igor Ryzhov <iryzhov@nfware.com>
---
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c | 10 ++++++++++
 lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c  |  9 ---------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
index ae8133f..45bcf32 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_misc.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
@@ -542,6 +543,15 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net,
 	if (pci)
 		pci_dev_put(pci);
 
+	if (kni->lad_dev)
+		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, kni->lad_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+	else
+		/*
+		 * Generate random mac address. eth_random_addr() is the newer
+		 * version of generating mac address in linux kernel.
+		 */
+		random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+
 	ret = register_netdev(net_dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		KNI_ERR("error %i registering device \"%s\"\n",
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
index cfa8339..3d2d246 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/kni/kni_net.c
@@ -69,15 +69,6 @@ kni_net_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct rte_kni_request req;
 	struct kni_dev *kni = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	if (kni->lad_dev)
-		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, kni->lad_dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
-	else
-		/*
-		 * Generate random mac address. eth_random_addr() is the newer
-		 * version of generating mac address in linux kernel.
-		 */
-		random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
-
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
 
 	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(req));
-- 
2.6.4