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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>2007-11-19 19:23:29 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-01-28 14:54:17 -0800
commit0953864160bdd28dfe45fd46fa462b4d2d53cb96 (patch)
treefcc3be7c24858b4606d6eeafee2292a58d84c6a4 /net/core
parent5106930bd6b57402205e3de54dae9476e215b622 (diff)
[NETPOLL]: no need to store local_mac
The local_mac is managed by the network device, no need to keep a spare copy and all the management problems that could cause. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core')
-rw-r--r--net/core/netpoll.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index 250868f6876..cf6acd3084a 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ void netpoll_send_udp(struct netpoll *np, const char *msg, int len)
eth = (struct ethhdr *) skb_push(skb, ETH_HLEN);
skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
skb->protocol = eth->h_proto = htons(ETH_P_IP);
- memcpy(eth->h_source, np->local_mac, 6);
- memcpy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac, 6);
+ memcpy(eth->h_source, np->dev->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+ memcpy(eth->h_dest, np->remote_mac, ETH_ALEN);
skb->dev = np->dev;
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static void arp_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
/* Fill the device header for the ARP frame */
if (dev_hard_header(send_skb, skb->dev, ptype,
- sha, np->local_mac,
+ sha, np->dev->dev_addr,
send_skb->len) < 0) {
kfree_skb(send_skb);
return;
@@ -737,9 +737,6 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np)
}
}
- if (is_zero_ether_addr(np->local_mac) && ndev->dev_addr)
- memcpy(np->local_mac, ndev->dev_addr, 6);
-
if (!np->local_ip) {
rcu_read_lock();
in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(ndev);