net: introduce a list of device addresses dev_addr_list (v6)

v5 -> v6 (current):
-removed so far unused static functions
-corrected dev_addr_del_multiple to call del instead of add

v4 -> v5:
-added device address type (suggested by davem)
-removed refcounting (better to have simplier code then safe potentially few
 bytes)

v3 -> v4:
-changed kzalloc to kmalloc in __hw_addr_add_ii()
-ASSERT_RTNL() avoided in dev_addr_flush() and dev_addr_init()

v2 -> v3:
-removed unnecessary rcu read locking
-moved dev_addr_flush() calling to ensure no null dereference of dev_addr

v1 -> v2:
-added forgotten ASSERT_RTNL to dev_addr_init and dev_addr_flush
-removed unnecessary rcu_read locking in dev_addr_init
-use compare_ether_addr_64bits instead of compare_ether_addr
-use L1_CACHE_BYTES as size for allocating struct netdev_hw_addr
-use call_rcu instead of rcu_synchronize
-moved is_etherdev_addr into __KERNEL__ ifdef

This patch introduces a new list in struct net_device and brings a set of
functions to handle the work with device address list. The list is a replacement
for the original dev_addr field and because in some situations there is need to
carry several device addresses with the net device. To be backward compatible,
dev_addr is made to point to the first member of the list so original drivers
sees no difference.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index a1f17abba7dc..3d7a6687d247 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -182,6 +182,33 @@ static inline unsigned compare_ether_addr_64bits(const u8 addr1[6+2],
         return compare_ether_addr(addr1, addr2);
 #endif
 }
+
+/**
+ * is_etherdev_addr - Tell if given Ethernet address belongs to the device.
+ * @dev: Pointer to a device structure
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Compare passed address with all addresses of the device. Return true if the
+ * address if one of the device addresses.
+ *
+ * Note that this function calls compare_ether_addr_64bits() so take care of
+ * the right padding.
+ */
+static inline bool is_etherdev_addr(const struct net_device *dev,
+                                    const u8 addr[6 + 2])
+{
+        struct netdev_hw_addr *ha;
+        int res = 1;
+
+        rcu_read_lock();
+        for_each_dev_addr(dev, ha) {
+                res = compare_ether_addr_64bits(addr, ha->addr);
+                if (!res)
+                        break;
+        }
+        rcu_read_unlock();
+        return !res;
+}
 #endif  /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 /**