i40e: remove unnecessary check for old MAC == new MAC

The check has been moved to core. The ndo_set_mac_address callback
is not being called with new MAC address equal to the old one anymore.

Signed-off-by: Piotr Gardocki <piotrx.gardocki@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@corigine.com>
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
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Piotr Gardocki 2023-06-14 16:53:01 +02:00 committed by Jakub Kicinski
parent ad72c4a06a
commit c45a6d1a23

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@ -1788,12 +1788,6 @@ static int i40e_set_mac(struct net_device *netdev, void *p)
if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
if (ether_addr_equal(netdev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data)) {
netdev_info(netdev, "already using mac address %pM\n",
addr->sa_data);
return 0;
}
if (test_bit(__I40E_DOWN, pf->state) ||
test_bit(__I40E_RESET_RECOVERY_PENDING, pf->state))
return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;