[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>
diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index 5f49a30..745c988 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@
* @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]);
}
/**