The net_device.dev_addr have more than 2 bytes of additional data after the mac addr, so it is safe to use the ether_addr_equal_64bits().
Signed-off-by: Ding Tianhong <dingtianh...@huawei.com> --- drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c index e4d5018..94d07d2 100644 --- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c @@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ err_free: err_undo_flags: /* Enslave of first slave has failed and we need to fix master's mac */ if (!bond_has_slaves(bond) && - ether_addr_equal(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr)) + ether_addr_equal_64bits(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave_dev->dev_addr)) eth_hw_addr_random(bond_dev); return res; @@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ static int __bond_release_one(struct net_device *bond_dev, bond->current_arp_slave = NULL; if (!all && !bond->params.fail_over_mac) { - if (ether_addr_equal(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave->perm_hwaddr) && + if (ether_addr_equal_64bits(bond_dev->dev_addr, slave->perm_hwaddr) && bond_has_slaves(bond)) pr_warn("%s: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of %s - %pM - is still in use by %s. Set the HWaddr of %s to a different address to avoid conflicts.\n", bond_dev->name, slave_dev->name, -- 1.8.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/