Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934047Ab3CZQOI (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:14:08 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:53662 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964841Ab3CZPWN (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 11:22:13 -0400 From: Luis Henriques To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: "David S. Miller" , Luis Henriques Subject: [PATCH 042/150] macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:19:01 +0000 Message-Id: <1364311249-14454-43-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.2 In-Reply-To: <1364311249-14454-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> References: <1364311249-14454-1-git-send-email-luis.henriques@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1318 Lines: 40 3.5.7.9 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Vlad Yasevich commit 87ab7f6f2874f1115817e394a7ed2dea1c72549e upstream. Macvlan already supports hw address filters. Set the IFF_UNICAST_FLT so that it doesn't needlesly enter PROMISC mode when macvlans are stacked. Signed-of-by: Vlad Yasevich Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques --- drivers/net/macvlan.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c index 62ce7b8..666fc20 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c @@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev) ether_setup(dev); dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING); + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT; dev->netdev_ops = &macvlan_netdev_ops; dev->destructor = free_netdev; dev->header_ops = &macvlan_hard_header_ops, -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/