net/af_packet: support default mac address change
PATCH 1/1 net/af_packet: support default mac address change
Since packet is talking to a network device (probably tap) it is possible for the device driver to change the hardware address by making an ioctl to kernel.
Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
--- drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
drivers/net/af_packet/rte_eth_af_packet.c +28 -0
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@#include <linux/if_packet.h> #include <arpa/inet.h> #include <net/if.h> +#include <net/if_arp.h> #include <sys/types.h> #include <sys/socket.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -468,6 +469,32 @@ eth_dev_mtu_set(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, uint16_t mtu)return 0 ; } +static int +eth_dev_macaddr_set (struct rte_eth_dev *dev,struct rte_ether_addr *addr) +{ +struct pmd_internals *internals = dev->data->dev_private; +struct ifreq ifr = { }; +int sockfd = internals->rx_queue[0 ].sockfd; +int ret; + +if (sockfd ==-1 ) { +PMD_LOG (ERR ,"receive socket not found" ); +return -EINVAL ; + } + +strlcpy (ifr.ifr_name, internals->if_name,IFNAMSIZ ); + ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_family =ARPHRD_ETHER ; +memcpy (ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, addr,sizeof (*addr)); + ret =ioctl (sockfd,SIOCSIFHWADDR , &ifr); + +if (ret <0 ) { +PMD_LOG_ERRNO (ERR ,"ioctl(SIOCSIFHWADDR) failed" ); +return -EINVAL ; + } + +return 0 ; +} +static int eth_dev_change_flags (char *if_name,uint32_t flags,uint32_t mask) {
@@ -517,6 +544,7 @@ static const struct eth_dev_ops ops = { .dev_close = eth_dev_close, .dev_configure = eth_dev_configure, .dev_infos_get = eth_dev_info, + .mac_addr_set = eth_dev_macaddr_set, .mtu_set = eth_dev_mtu_set, .promiscuous_enable = eth_dev_promiscuous_enable, .promiscuous_disable = eth_dev_promiscuous_disable,
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2.20.1
Quoted 5 lines · Stephen Hemminger
Since packet is talking to a network device (probably tap) it is possible for the device driver to change the hardware address by making an ioctl to kernel.
Signed-off-by Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by Ferruh Yigit <[email protected]>
Applied to dpdk-next-net/master, thanks.