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authorDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2013-10-08 08:43:00 -0700
committerDmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>2013-10-08 08:43:00 -0700
commite3c55d406bd8df1a878546002c93db90c42be10c (patch)
treeefb0ba2707c95fd7166cf1b76887c43c977e37dd /include/linux/etherdevice.h
parent4d6e482675f13e33599fc3d18fc723959be0a9b6 (diff)
parentd0e639c9e06d44e713170031fe05fb60ebe680af (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.12-rc4' into next
Merge with mainline to bring in changes to input subsystem that were committed through other trees.
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/etherdevice.h')
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diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c623861964e4..d8b512496e50 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -199,6 +199,21 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
}
/**
+ * eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
+ * @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
+ * @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from
+ *
+ * Copy the Ethernet address from one net_device to another along with
+ * the address attributes (addr_assign_type).
+ */
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_inherit(struct net_device *dst,
+ struct net_device *src)
+{
+ dst->addr_assign_type = src->addr_assign_type;
+ memcpy(dst->dev_addr, src->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+}
+
+/**
* compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
* @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
* @addr2: Pointer other six-byte array containing the Ethernet address