Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 3 Feb 2006 21:08:23 +0100 (CET) | From | Mikulas Patocka <> | Subject | small etherdevice.h fix |
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Hi
This fixes a small bug in is_valid_ether_addr --- for address in the form FF:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx it returns true. The comment is about FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is not true, is_multicast_ether_addr doesn't accept FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF as multicast (as you can see few lines above).
Mikulas
--- include/linux/etherdevice.h_ 2006-02-03 21:05:23.000000000 +0100 +++ include/linux/etherdevice.h 2006-02-03 21:05:59.000000000 +0100 @@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ */ static inline int is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr) { - /* FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF is a multicast address so we don't need to - * explicitly check for it here. */ - return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr); + return !(addr[0] & 1) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr); }
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