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    be2net: fix MAC addr setting on privileged BE3 VFs · cc439964
    Ivan Vecera authored
    
    [ Upstream commit 34393529 ]
    
    During interface opening MAC address stored in netdev->dev_addr is
    programmed in the HW with exception of BE3 VFs where the initial
    MAC is programmed by parent PF. This is OK when MAC address is not
    changed when an interfaces is down. In this case the requested MAC is
    stored to netdev->dev_addr and later is stored into HW during opening.
    But this is not done for all BE3 VFs so the NIC HW does not know
    anything about this change and all traffic is filtered.
    
    This is the case of bonding if fail_over_mac == 0 where the MACs of
    the slaves are changed while they are down.
    
    The be2net behavior is too restrictive because if a BE3 VF has
    the FILTMGMT privilege then it is able to modify its MAC without
    any restriction.
    
    To solve the described problem the driver should take care about these
    privileged BE3 VFs so the MAC is programmed during opening. And by
    contrast unpriviled BE3 VFs should not be allowed to change its MAC
    in any case.
    
    Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@broadcom.com>
    Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
    Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>
    Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIvan Vecera <cera@cera.cz>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSasha Levin <alexander.levin@verizon.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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