commit 2afb9b533423a9b97f84181e773cf9361d98fed6
author Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us> Sun Jan 06 12:41:57 2013 +0000
committer David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Sun Jan 06 21:05:02 2013 -0800
tree 9fa30187fe1c2e6275e2b7d00f52095b8bef5629
parent efc61a3442da9fd17a61fcabef445534598f54a8

ethtool: set addr_assign_type to NET_ADDR_SET when addr is passed on create

In case user passed address via netlink during create, NET_ADDR_PERM was set.
That is not correct so fix this by setting NET_ADDR_SET.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

net/core/rtnetlink.c

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9969afb..9a419b0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1667,9 +1667,11 @@
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_MTU])
 		dev->mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);
-	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
+	if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
 		memcpy(dev->dev_addr, nla_data(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]),
 				nla_len(tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]));
+		dev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_SET;
+	}
 	if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST])
 		memcpy(dev->broadcast, nla_data(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]),
 				nla_len(tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]));