Add some API symmetry to eth_broadcast_addr and
add a #define to the old name for backward compatibility.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
---
include/linux/etherdevice.h | 14 ++++++++------
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 98a27cc..d426336 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -124,19 +124,21 @@ 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
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ static inline void eth_broadcast_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);
}
/**
--
1.7.8.111.gad25c.dirty
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