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r8152: Set NET_ADDR_STOLEN if using passthru MAC

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Some docks support MAC pass-through - MAC address
is taken from another device.

Driver should indicate that with NET_ADDR_STOLEN flag.

This should help to avoid collisions if network interface
names are generated with MAC policy.

Reported and discussed here
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/33104

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz <gmazyland@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240605153340.25694-1-gmazyland@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Milan Broz 2024-06-05 17:33:40 +02:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
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drivers/net/usb/r8152.c
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@ -1774,6 +1774,7 @@ static int vendor_mac_passthru_addr_read(struct r8152 *tp, struct sockaddr *sa)
goto amacout;
}
memcpy(sa->sa_data, buf, 6);
tp->netdev->addr_assign_type = NET_ADDR_STOLEN;
netif_info(tp, probe, tp->netdev,
"Using pass-thru MAC addr %pM\n", sa->sa_data);