Subject: [net-next 01/14] net/mlx5e: don't write directly to netdev->dev_addr

From: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:54:18 -0700

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>

Use a local buffer and eth_hw_addr_set()

Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Saeed Mahameed <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 0ff36c83714b..f3dec58026d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -4432,13 +4432,17 @@ void mlx5e_build_nic_params(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct mlx5e_xsk *xsk, u16
 static void mlx5e_set_netdev_dev_addr(struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(netdev);
+	u8 addr[ETH_ALEN];
 
-	mlx5_query_mac_address(priv->mdev, netdev->dev_addr);
-	if (is_zero_ether_addr(netdev->dev_addr) &&
+	mlx5_query_mac_address(priv->mdev, addr);
+	if (is_zero_ether_addr(addr) &&
 	    !MLX5_CAP_GEN(priv->mdev, vport_group_manager)) {
 		eth_hw_addr_random(netdev);
 		mlx5_core_info(priv->mdev, "Assigned random MAC address %pM\n", netdev->dev_addr);
+		return;
 	}
+
+	eth_hw_addr_set(netdev, addr);
 }
 
 static int mlx5e_vxlan_set_port(struct net_device *netdev, unsigned int table,
-- 
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