kni: update kernel API to set random MAC address
authorFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:59:50 +0000 (12:59 +0000)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Mon, 8 Nov 2021 10:51:39 +0000 (11:51 +0100)
Previously used 'random_ether_addr()' API is removed in upstream kernel
with commit
Commit ba530fea8ca1 ("ethernet: remove random_ether_addr()")

Replacement API 'eth_random_addr()' is around since v3.6 [1], so
simply switching to this API without any version checks.

[1]
0a4dd594982a ("etherdevice: Rename random_ether_addr to eth_random_addr")

Signed-off-by: Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
kernel/linux/kni/kni_misc.c

index 2b464c4..f4944e1 100644 (file)
@@ -399,11 +399,8 @@ kni_ioctl_create(struct net *net, uint32_t ioctl_num,
        if (is_valid_ether_addr(dev_info.mac_addr))
                memcpy(net_dev->dev_addr, dev_info.mac_addr, ETH_ALEN);
        else
-               /*
-                * Generate random mac address. eth_random_addr() is the
-                * newer version of generating mac address in kernel.
-                */
-               random_ether_addr(net_dev->dev_addr);
+               /* Generate random MAC address. */
+               eth_random_addr(net_dev->dev_addr);
 
        if (dev_info.mtu)
                net_dev->mtu = dev_info.mtu;