[PATCH 214/241] net: correct check in dev_addr_del()

Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski herton.krzesinski at canonical.com
Thu Dec 13 13:59:39 UTC 2012


3.5.7.2 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jiri Pirko <jiri at resnulli.us>

commit a652208e0b52c190e57f2a075ffb5e897fe31c3b upstream.

Check (ha->addr == dev->dev_addr) is always true because dev_addr_init()
sets this. Correct the check to behave properly on addr removal.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri at resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski at canonical.com>
---
 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
index c4cc2bc..716f363 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@ int dev_addr_del(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr,
 	 */
 	ha = list_first_entry(&dev->dev_addrs.list,
 			      struct netdev_hw_addr, list);
-	if (ha->addr == dev->dev_addr && ha->refcount == 1)
+	if (!memcmp(ha->addr, addr, dev->addr_len) &&
+	    ha->type == addr_type && ha->refcount == 1)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	err = __hw_addr_del(&dev->dev_addrs, addr, dev->addr_len,
-- 
1.7.9.5





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