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Subject[v2.6.34-stable 160/165] net: feed /dev/random with the MAC address when registering a device
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From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
-------------------

commit 7bf2357524408b97fec58344caf7397f8140c3fd upstream.

Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
---
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 bcd5f6e..7daff00 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1177,6 +1177,7 @@ static int __dev_open(struct net_device *dev)
* Wakeup transmit queue engine
*/
dev_activate(dev);
+ add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
}

return ret;
@@ -4492,6 +4493,7 @@ 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);
@@ -5141,6 +5143,7 @@ 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 31e85d3..835f38c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -974,6 +974,7 @@ 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]) {
--
1.7.12.rc2


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