recipes-wifi/linux-mac80211/files/patches-6.x/subsys/120-cfg80211_allow_perm_addr_change.patch

From: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cfg80211: add support for changing the device mac address via
 sysfs

---
 net/wireless/sysfs.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/net/wireless/sysfs.c
+++ b/net/wireless/sysfs.c
@@ -24,18 +24,35 @@ static inline struct cfg80211_registered
 	return container_of(dev, struct cfg80211_registered_device, wiphy.dev);
 }
 
-#define SHOW_FMT(name, fmt, member)					\
+#define SHOW_FMT(name, fmt, member, mode)				\
 static ssize_t name ## _show(struct device *dev,			\
 			      struct device_attribute *attr,		\
 			      char *buf)				\
 {									\
 	return sprintf(buf, fmt "\n", dev_to_rdev(dev)->member);	\
 }									\
-static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(name)
+static DEVICE_ATTR_##mode(name)
 
-SHOW_FMT(index, "%d", wiphy_idx);
-SHOW_FMT(macaddress, "%pM", wiphy.perm_addr);
-SHOW_FMT(address_mask, "%pM", wiphy.addr_mask);
+static ssize_t macaddress_store(struct device *dev,
+				struct device_attribute *attr,
+				const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	u8 mac[ETH_ALEN];
+
+	if (!mac_pton(buf, mac))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (buf[3 * ETH_ALEN - 1] && buf[3 * ETH_ALEN - 1] != '\n')
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	memcpy(dev_to_rdev(dev)->wiphy.perm_addr, mac, ETH_ALEN);
+
+	return strnlen(buf, len);
+}
+
+SHOW_FMT(index, "%d", wiphy_idx, RO);
+SHOW_FMT(macaddress, "%pM", wiphy.perm_addr, RW);
+SHOW_FMT(address_mask, "%pM", wiphy.addr_mask, RO);
 
 static ssize_t name_show(struct device *dev,
 			 struct device_attribute *attr,