From bb35f67195fcdbe79faa7a15ce148a67c9ab923d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Pirko Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:10:05 +0000 Subject: net: introduce new priv_flag indicating iface capable of change mac when running Introduce IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE priv_flag and use it to disable netif_running() check in eth_mac_addr() Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'net/ethernet') diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c index 36e58800a9e..db6a6c17d79 100644 --- a/net/ethernet/eth.c +++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c @@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int eth_mac_addr(struct net_device *dev, void *p) { struct sockaddr *addr = p; - if (netif_running(dev)) + if (!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE) && netif_running(dev)) return -EBUSY; if (!is_valid_ether_addr(addr->sa_data)) return -EADDRNOTAVAIL; -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2