net: dev: Add extack argument to dev_set_mac_address()

A follow-up patch will add a notifier type NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, which
allows vetoing of MAC address changes. One prominent path to that
notification is through dev_set_mac_address(). Therefore give this
function an extack argument, so that it can be packed together with the
notification. Thus a textual reason for rejection (or a warning) can be
communicated back to the user.

Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@mellanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 754284873355..7250a3a73fa4 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -7759,10 +7759,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_group);
  *      dev_set_mac_address - Change Media Access Control Address
  *      @dev: device
  *      @sa: new address
+ *      @extack: netlink extended ack
  *
  *      Change the hardware (MAC) address of the device
  */
-int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa)
+int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr *sa,
+                        struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
         const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
         int err;