net: init perm_addr in register_netdevice()
Benefit from the fact that dev->addr_assign_type is set to NET_ADDR_PERM
in case the device has permanent address.
This also fixes the problem that many drivers do not set perm_addr at
all.
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 2e24482..594830e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6004,6 +6004,13 @@
list_netdevice(dev);
add_device_randomness(dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+ /* If the device has permanent device address, driver should
+ * set dev_addr and also addr_assign_type should be set to
+ * NET_ADDR_PERM (default value).
+ */
+ if (dev->addr_assign_type == NET_ADDR_PERM)
+ memcpy(dev->perm_addr, dev->dev_addr, dev->addr_len);
+
/* Notify protocols, that a new device appeared. */
ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_REGISTER, dev);
ret = notifier_to_errno(ret);
