[dpdk-dev] [PATCH] ethdev: fix setting of MAC address

[Olivier Matz]

From: Laurent Hardy <laurent.hardy at 6wind.com>

When a new mac address is set, it is saved in dev->data->mac_addrs
before the ethdev handler is called.

First, it is inconsistent with the other ethdev functions
rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_remove() and rte_eth_dev_mac_addr_add().

Moreover, it prevents the drivers from wrongly comparing the old address
and the new one, like it's done in i40evf driver:

	if (is_same_ether_addr(mac_addr, dev->data->mac_addrs))
		return;

Fixes: 943c2d899a0c ("net/i40e: set VF MAC from VF")
Fixes: 854d8ad4ef68 ("ethdev: add default mac address modifier")
Cc: stable at dpdk.org

Signed-off-by: Laurent Hardy <laurent.hardy at 6wind.com>
---
 lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
index 4f492e3db..297c02a54 100644
--- a/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
+++ b/lib/librte_ether/rte_ethdev.c
@@ -2643,11 +2643,11 @@ rte_eth_dev_default_mac_addr_set(uint16_t port_id, struct ether_addr *addr)
 	dev = &rte_eth_devices[port_id];
 	RTE_FUNC_PTR_OR_ERR_RET(*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set, -ENOTSUP);
 
+	(*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set)(dev, addr);
+
 	/* Update default address in NIC data structure */
 	ether_addr_copy(addr, &dev->data->mac_addrs[0]);
 
-	(*dev->dev_ops->mac_addr_set)(dev, addr);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
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2.11.0