From 7702745b15128e5f0659693736a864e35be1c807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ursula Braun Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2012 23:05:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] qeth: set new mac even if old mac is gone If the set_mac_address() function of qeth is invoked, qeth deletes the old mac address first on OSA. Only if deletion returns successfully the new mac address is set on OSA. Deletion may return with a return value "MAC not found on OSA". In this case qeth should continue setting the new mac address. When the OSA cable is pulled, OSA forgets any set mac address. If the OSA network interface acts as a slave to a bonding master interface, bonding can invoke the set_mac_address function for failover purposes and depends on successful setting of the new mac address even though the old mac address could no longer be deleted. Signed-off-by: Ursula Braun Signed-off-by: Frank Blaschka Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c index 84e8f1d4d216..fddb62654b6a 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c +++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_l2_main.c @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static int qeth_l2_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p) return -ERESTARTSYS; } rc = qeth_l2_send_delmac(card, &card->dev->dev_addr[0]); - if (!rc) + if (!rc || (rc == IPA_RC_L2_MAC_NOT_FOUND)) rc = qeth_l2_send_setmac(card, addr->sa_data); return rc ? -EINVAL : 0; } -- 2.20.1