1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 3d406e0ede6d..d426336d92d9 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -124,17 +124,30 @@ static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
 }
 
 /**
- * random_ether_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
+ * eth_random_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
  * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
  *
  * Generate a random Ethernet address (MAC) that is not multicast
  * and has the local assigned bit set.
  */
-static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
+static inline void eth_random_addr(u8 *addr)
 {
-        get_random_bytes (addr, ETH_ALEN);
-        addr [0] &= 0xfe;       /* clear multicast bit */
-        addr [0] |= 0x02;       /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+        get_random_bytes(addr, ETH_ALEN);
+        addr[0] &= 0xfe;        /* clear multicast bit */
+        addr[0] |= 0x02;        /* set local assignment bit (IEEE802) */
+}
+
+#define random_ether_addr(addr) eth_random_addr(addr)
+
+/**
+ * eth_broadcast_addr - Assign broadcast address
+ * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
+ *
+ * Assign the broadcast address to the given address array.
+ */
+static inline void eth_broadcast_addr(u8 *addr)
+{
+        memset(addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -149,7 +162,7 @@ static inline void random_ether_addr(u8 *addr)
 static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
 {
         dev->addr_assign_type |= NET_ADDR_RANDOM;
-        random_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr);
+        eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
 }
 
 /**