net/mlx4_en: Fix errors in MAC address changing when port is down
This patch fix an issue that happen when changing the MAC address when the port is down, described as follows: 1. Set the port down. 2. Change the MAC address - mlx4_en_set_mac() will change dev->dev_addr. 3. Set the port up - will result in mlx4_en_do_uc_filter that will remove the prev_mac entry from the mac_hash db. 4. Changing the MAC address again will eventually trigger the call to mlx4_en_replace_mac() in order to replace prev_mac with dev_addr but the prev_mac entry is already not exist in the mac_hash db therefore the operation fails. The fix is to set the prev_mac with the new MAC address so in step 3 above, after setting the port up mlx4_en_get_qp() is updating the mac_hash with the entry of dev_addr which is equal to prev_mac. Therefore in step 4, when calling mlx4_en_replace_mac, the entry related to prev_mac exist in mac_hash and the replace operation succeed. Reviewed-by: Eyal Perry <eyalpe@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Shani Michaeli <shanim@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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