2019-10-15 00:51:54

by Florian Fainelli

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Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

Instead of having a hard failure and stopping the driver's probe
routine, generate a random Ethernet MAC address to keep going.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
---
Changes in v2:

- provide a message that a random MAC is used, the same message that
bcmsysport.c uses

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 17 ++++++++---------
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
index 12cb77ef1081..dd4e4f1dd384 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
@@ -3461,16 +3461,10 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
goto err;
}

- if (dn) {
+ if (dn)
macaddr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
- if (IS_ERR(macaddr)) {
- dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't find MAC address\n");
- err = -EINVAL;
- goto err;
- }
- } else {
+ else
macaddr = pd->mac_address;
- }

priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
if (IS_ERR(priv->base)) {
@@ -3482,7 +3476,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)

SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
- ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
+ dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
+ eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
+ } else {
+ ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
+ }
dev->watchdog_timeo = 2 * HZ;
dev->ethtool_ops = &bcmgenet_ethtool_ops;
dev->netdev_ops = &bcmgenet_netdev_ops;
--
2.17.1


2019-10-15 02:11:50

by Doug Berger

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

On 10/14/19 2:20 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Instead of having a hard failure and stopping the driver's probe
> routine, generate a random Ethernet MAC address to keep going.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>
> - provide a message that a random MAC is used, the same message that
> bcmsysport.c uses
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 17 ++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> index 12cb77ef1081..dd4e4f1dd384 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> @@ -3461,16 +3461,10 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto err;
> }
>
> - if (dn) {
> + if (dn)
> macaddr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
> - if (IS_ERR(macaddr)) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't find MAC address\n");
> - err = -EINVAL;
> - goto err;
> - }
> - } else {
> + else
> macaddr = pd->mac_address;
> - }
>
> priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> if (IS_ERR(priv->base)) {
> @@ -3482,7 +3476,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
> dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
> - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
> + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
> + eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
> + } else {
> + ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
> + }
> dev->watchdog_timeo = 2 * HZ;
> dev->ethtool_ops = &bcmgenet_ethtool_ops;
> dev->netdev_ops = &bcmgenet_netdev_ops;
>
Acked-by: Doug Berger <[email protected]>

2019-10-16 07:31:01

by Scott Branden

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

Hi Florian,

On 2019-10-14 2:20 p.m., Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Instead of having a hard failure and stopping the driver's probe
> routine, generate a random Ethernet MAC address to keep going.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
>
> - provide a message that a random MAC is used, the same message that
> bcmsysport.c uses
>
> drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c | 17 ++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> index 12cb77ef1081..dd4e4f1dd384 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/genet/bcmgenet.c
> @@ -3461,16 +3461,10 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> goto err;
> }
>
> - if (dn) {
> + if (dn)
> macaddr = of_get_mac_address(dn);
> - if (IS_ERR(macaddr)) {
> - dev_err(&pdev->dev, "can't find MAC address\n");
> - err = -EINVAL;
> - goto err;
> - }
> - } else {
> + else
> macaddr = pd->mac_address;
> - }
>
> priv->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
> if (IS_ERR(priv->base)) {
> @@ -3482,7 +3476,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>
> SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
> dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
> - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
> + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
> + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
I would still consider this warrants a dev_err as you should not be
using the device with a random MAC address assigned to it.  But I'll
leave it to the "experts" to decide on the print level here.
> + eth_hw_addr_random(dev);
> + } else {
> + ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
> + }
> dev->watchdog_timeo = 2 * HZ;
> dev->ethtool_ops = &bcmgenet_ethtool_ops;
> dev->netdev_ops = &bcmgenet_netdev_ops;

2019-10-16 07:34:46

by Jakub Kicinski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:32:28 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
> > @@ -3482,7 +3476,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
> >
> > SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
> > dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
> > - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
> > + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
>
> I would still consider this warrants a dev_err as you should not be
> using the device with a random MAC address assigned to it.  But I'll
> leave it to the "experts" to decide on the print level here.

FWIW I'd stick to warn for this message since this is no longer a hard
failure.

2019-10-16 07:41:01

by David Miller

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:39:55 -0700

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:32:28 -0700, Scott Branden wrote:
>> > @@ -3482,7 +3476,12 @@ static int bcmgenet_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>> >
>> > SET_NETDEV_DEV(dev, &pdev->dev);
>> > dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, dev);
>> > - ether_addr_copy(dev->dev_addr, macaddr);
>> > + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(macaddr) || !is_valid_ether_addr(macaddr)) {
>> > + dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "using random Ethernet MAC\n");
>>
>> I would still consider this warrants a dev_err as you should not be
>> using the device with a random MAC address assigned to it.? But I'll
>> leave it to the "experts" to decide on the print level here.
>
> FWIW I'd stick to warn for this message since this is no longer a hard
> failure.

Agreed.

2019-10-16 11:21:18

by David Miller

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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] net: bcmgenet: Generate a random MAC if none is valid

From: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 14:20:00 -0700

> Instead of having a hard failure and stopping the driver's probe
> routine, generate a random Ethernet MAC address to keep going.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <[email protected]>

Applied to net-next, thank you.