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ixgbe: Extend trust to allow guest to set unicast address

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When running certain routing protocols like VRRP, VF guests need the
ability to set the unicast address of the interface.  Extend the new ndo
trust feature to let the hypervisor trust a guest to set/update its own
unicast address.

Signed-off-by: Chas Williams <3chas3@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Phil Schmitt <phillip.j.schmitt@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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chas williams 2016-01-05 17:30:39 -05:00 committed by Jeff Kirsher
parent d5dd7c3fa4
commit 1d96cf9822
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sriov.c
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@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static int ixgbe_set_vf_mac_addr(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter,
return -1;
}
if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].pf_set_mac &&
if (adapter->vfinfo[vf].pf_set_mac && !adapter->vfinfo[vf].trusted &&
!ether_addr_equal(adapter->vfinfo[vf].vf_mac_addresses, new_mac)) {
e_warn(drv,
"VF %d attempted to override administratively set MAC address\n"