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authorStephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>2006-01-03 15:25:45 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2006-01-03 15:25:45 -0800
commit88df8ef59a3eb54b1e2412765ff2736d2376d1ca (patch)
tree3180783ee0ac9d32271725a6c9c4dcf69eabf717
parentcd8787ab04d23f925f440b712b43a6fd5cb31ece (diff)
[NET]: Don't exclude broadcast addresses from is_multicast_ether_addr()
The check for multicast shouldn't exclude broadcast type addresses. This reverts the incorrect change done in 2.6.13. The broadcast address is a multicast address and should be excluded from being a valid_ether_address for use in bridging or device address. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/etherdevice.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 5f49a30eb6f2..745c988359c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ static inline int is_zero_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
* @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
*
* Return true if the address is a multicast address.
+ * By definition the broadcast address is also a multicast address.
*/
static inline int is_multicast_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
{
- return ((addr[0] != 0xff) && (0x01 & addr[0]));
+ return (0x01 & addr[0]);
}
/**