[NET]: Return more appropriate error from eth_validate_addr().
Paul Bolle wrote:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9923 would have been much easier to
> track down if eth_validate_addr() would somehow complain aloud if an address
> is invalid. Shouldn't it make at least some noise?
I guess it should return -EADDRNOTAVAIL similar to eth_mac_addr()
when validation fails.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index a7b4175..a80839b 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
static int eth_validate_addr(struct net_device *dev)
{
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(dev->dev_addr))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
return 0;
}