Add checking for new mac address. It doesn't need to config
the mac vlan table if it's already in use.
Signed-off-by: Jian Shen <shenjian15@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peng Li <lipeng321@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Salil Mehta <salil.mehta@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
if (!mac_addr || !is_valid_ether_addr((const u8 *)mac_addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
+ if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, mac_addr->sa_data)) {
+ netdev_info(netdev, "already using mac address %pM\n",
+ mac_addr->sa_data);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
ret = h->ae_algo->ops->set_mac_addr(h, mac_addr->sa_data, false);
if (ret) {
netdev_err(netdev, "set_mac_address fail, ret=%d!\n", ret);