Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm...

[cascardo/linux.git] / include / linux / etherdevice.h

diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c623861..d8b5124 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -198,6 +198,21 @@ static inline void eth_hw_addr_random(struct net_device *dev)
        eth_random_addr(dev->dev_addr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_hw_addr_inherit - Copy dev_addr from another net_device
+ * @dst: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr to
+ * @src: pointer to net_device to copy dev_addr from
+ *
+ * Copy the Ethernet address from one net_device to another along with
+ * the address attributes (addr_assign_type).
+ */
+static inline void eth_hw_addr_inherit(struct net_device *dst,
+                                      struct net_device *src)
+{
+       dst->addr_assign_type = src->addr_assign_type;
+       memcpy(dst->dev_addr, src->dev_addr, ETH_ALEN);
+}
+
 /**
  * compare_ether_addr - Compare two Ethernet addresses
  * @addr1: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address