- /** Set the character device's hardware address. This is used when
- * filtering packets being sent from the network device to the character
- * device. */
- memcpy(tun->dev_addr, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,
- min(sizeof ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, sizeof tun->dev_addr));
- DBG(KERN_DEBUG "%s: set hardware address: %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x\n",
- tun->dev->name,
- tun->dev_addr[0], tun->dev_addr[1], tun->dev_addr[2],
- tun->dev_addr[3], tun->dev_addr[4], tun->dev_addr[5]);
- return 0;
+ {
+ /* try to set the actual net device's hw address */
+ int ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr);
+
+ if (ret == 0) {
+ /** Set the character device's hardware address. This is used when
+ * filtering packets being sent from the network device to the character
+ * device. */
+ memcpy(tun->dev_addr, ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data,
+ min(sizeof ifr.ifr_hwaddr.sa_data, sizeof tun->dev_addr));
+ DBG(KERN_DEBUG "%s: set hardware address: %x:%x:%x:%x:%x:%x\n",
+ tun->dev->name,
+ tun->dev_addr[0], tun->dev_addr[1], tun->dev_addr[2],
+ tun->dev_addr[3], tun->dev_addr[4], tun->dev_addr[5]);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+ }