[PATCH net 1/4] macvlan: Do not return error when setting the same mac address

[Vladislav Yasevich]

The user currently gets an EBUSY error when attempting to set
the mac address on a macvlan device to the same value.

This should really be a no-op as nothing changes.  Catch
the condition and return early.

Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vyase...@redhat.com>
---
 drivers/net/macvlan.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 67bf7eb..de214fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -703,6 +703,10 @@ static int macvlan_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, 
void *p)
        if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
                return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
+       /* If the addresses are the same, this is a no-op */
+       if (ether_addr_equal(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data))
+               return 0;
+
        if (vlan->mode == MACVLAN_MODE_PASSTHRU) {
                dev_set_mac_address(vlan->lowerdev, addr);
                return 0;
-- 
2.9.4