@@ -373,6 +373,8 @@ static int macvlan_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
if (!(dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
/* Just copy in the new address */
memcpy(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
+ if (dev->addr_assign_type & NET_ADDR_RANDOM)
+ dev->addr_assign_type ^= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
} else {
/* Rehash and update the device filters */
if (macvlan_addr_busy(vlan->port, addr->sa_data))
@@ -687,7 +689,7 @@ int macvlan_common_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
return -EINVAL;
if (!tb[IFLA_ADDRESS])
- random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+ dev_hw_addr_random(dev, dev->dev_addr);
if (!macvlan_port_exists(lowerdev)) {
err = macvlan_port_create(lowerdev);
Use dev_hw_addr_random() instead of calling random_ether_addr() to set addr_assign_type correctly to NET_ADDR_RANDOM. Reset the state to NET_ADDR_PERM as soon as the MAC get changed via .ndo_set_mac_address. Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@bisect.de> --- drivers/net/macvlan.c | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)