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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 4f67fdc0d0d..80e3cb7c39e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -6954,7 +6954,10 @@ static int ixgbe_ndo_fdb_add(struct ndmsg *ndm, struct nlattr *tb[],
if (!(adapter->flags & IXGBE_FLAG_SRIOV_ENABLED))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
- if (ndm->ndm_state & NUD_PERMANENT) {
+ /* Hardware does not support aging addresses so if a
+ * ndm_state is given only allow permanent addresses
+ */
+ if (ndm->ndm_state && !(ndm->ndm_state & NUD_PERMANENT)) {
pr_info("%s: FDB only supports static addresses\n",
ixgbe_driver_name);
return -EINVAL;