[PATCH 3.13.y-ckt 48/97] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up

Kamal Mostafa kamal at canonical.com
Mon Apr 4 23:26:12 UTC 2016


3.13.11-ckt38 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima at marvell.com>

commit 928b6519afeb2a5e2dc61154380b545ed66c476a upstream.

Function eth_prepare_mac_addr_change() is called as part of MAC
address change. This function check if interface is running.
To enable change MAC address when interface is running:
IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE flag must be set to dev->priv_flags field

Fixes: c5aff18204da ("net: mvneta: driver for Marvell Armada 370/XP
network unit")
Signed-off-by: Dmitri Epshtein <dima at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement at free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 35db1de..200555c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2894,7 +2894,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
 	dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
 	dev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
-	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+	dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
 
 	err = register_netdev(dev);
 	if (err < 0) {
-- 
2.7.4





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