netdev - [PATCH net v3] bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default

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Date:   Sat, 18 Dec 2021 02:50:01 +0100
From:   Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@...eup.net>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@...eup.net>
Subject: [PATCH net v3] bonding: fix ad_actor_system option setting to default

When 802.3ad bond mode is configured the ad_actor_system option is set to
"00:00:00:00:00:00". But when trying to set the all-zeroes MAC as actors'
system address it was failing with EINVAL.

An all-zeroes ethernet address is valid, only multicast addresses are not
valid values.

Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <ffmancera@...eup.net>
---
v2: added documentation changes and modified commit message
v3: fixed format warning on commit message
---
 Documentation/networking/bonding.rst | 11 ++++++-----
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c   |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
index 31cfd7d674a6..c0a789b00806 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/bonding.rst
@@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ ad_actor_sys_prio
 ad_actor_system
 
 	In an AD system, this specifies the mac-address for the actor in
-	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be NULL or
-	multicast. It is preferred to have the local-admin bit set for this
-	mac but driver does not enforce it. If the value is not given then
-	system defaults to using the masters' mac address as actors' system
-	address.
+	protocol packet exchanges (LACPDUs). The value cannot be a multicast
+	address. If the all-zeroes MAC is specified, bonding will internally
+	use the MAC of the bond itself. It is preferred to have the
+	local-admin bit set for this mac but driver does not enforce it. If
+	the value is not given then system defaults to using the masters'
+	mac address as actors' system address.
 
 	This parameter has effect only in 802.3ad mode and is available through
 	SysFs interface.
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
index a8fde3bc458f..b93337b5a721 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ static int bond_option_ad_actor_system_set(struct bonding *bond,
 		mac = (u8 *)&newval->value;
 	}
 
-	if (!is_valid_ether_addr(mac))
+	if (is_multicast_ether_addr(mac))
 		goto err;
 
 	netdev_dbg(bond->dev, "Setting ad_actor_system to %pM\n", mac);
-- 
2.30.2