linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/8] net: add helper eth_addr

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Message-Id: <20211228142549.1275412-6-michael@walle.cc>
Date:   Tue, 28 Dec 2021 15:25:46 +0100
From:   Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
To:     linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Frank Rowand <frowand.list@...il.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Ansuel Smith <ansuelsmth@...il.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Subject: [PATCH 5/8] net: add helper eth_addr_add()

Add a helper to add an offset to a ethernet address. This comes in handy
if you have a base ethernet address for multiple interfaces.

Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
---
 include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 2ad71cc90b37..9d621dc85290 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -486,6 +486,20 @@ static inline void eth_addr_inc(u8 *addr)
 	u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_addr_add() - Add (or subtract) and offset to/from the given MAC address.
+ *
+ * @offset: Offset to add.
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing Ethernet address to increment.
+ */
+static inline void eth_addr_add(u8 *addr, long offset)
+{
+	u64 u = ether_addr_to_u64(addr);
+
+	u += offset;
+	u64_to_ether_addr(u, addr);
+}
+
 /**
  * is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device.
  * @dev: Pointer to a device structure
-- 
2.30.2