netdev - [PATCH 4/4] br_device: unify return value of .ndo_set_mac

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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:07:52 +0100
From:	Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Danny Kukawka <dkukawka@...e.de>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] br_device: unify return value of .ndo_set_mac_address if address is invalid

Unify return value of .ndo_set_mac_address if the given address
isn't valid. Return -EADDRNOTAVAIL as eth_mac_addr() already does
if is_valid_ether_addr() fails.

Signed-off-by: Danny Kukawka <danny.kukawka@...ect.de>
---
 net/bridge/br_device.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_device.c b/net/bridge/br_device.c
index a157bf8..ba829de 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_device.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_device.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static int br_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, void *p)
 	struct sockaddr *addr = p;
 
 	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
 	if (compare_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data)) {
-- 
1.7.8.3

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