The else-if branch and else branch set mac_ok to true similarly,
so combine the two into single else branch.
Also add comments to explain the two conditions, which
from Michael Chan and Vasundhara Volam.
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
} else if (is_valid_ether_addr(vf->vf_mac_addr)) {
if (ether_addr_equal((const u8 *)req->l2_addr, vf->vf_mac_addr))
mac_ok = true;
- } else if (bp->hwrm_spec_code < 0x10202) {
- mac_ok = true;
} else {
+ /* There are two cases:
+ * 1.If firmware spec < 0x10202,VF MAC address is not forwarded
+ * to the PF and so it doesn't have to match
+ * 2.Allow VF to modify it's own MAC when PF has not assigned a
+ * valid MAC address and firmware spec >= 0x10202
+ */
mac_ok = true;
}
if (mac_ok)