[PATCH 06/12] net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a device

[Theodore Ts'o]

Cc: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <ty...@mit.edu>
Cc: sta...@vger.kernel.org
---
 net/core/dev.c       | 3 +++
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 +
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 6df2140..bdd1e88 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ static int __dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
                net_dmaengine_get();
                dev_set_rx_mode(dev);
                dev_activate(dev);
+               add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
        }
 
        return ret;
@@ -4763,6 +4764,7 @@ int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct 
sockaddr *sa)
        err = ops->ndo_set_mac_address(dev, sa);
        if (!err)
                call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
+       add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
        return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_set_mac_address);
@@ -5541,6 +5543,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
        dev_init_scheduler(dev);
        dev_hold(dev);
        list_netdevice(dev);
+       add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
 
        /* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
        ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 21318d1..f058e59 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1378,6 +1378,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct 
ifinfomsg *ifm,
                        goto errout;
                send_addr_notify = 1;
                modified = 1;
+               add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
-- 
1.7.11.1.108.gb129051

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