Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932611AbcDBA4W (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 20:56:22 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:54286 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757206AbcDBA4Q (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Apr 2016 20:56:16 -0400 From: Kamal Mostafa To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@lists.ubuntu.com Cc: Dmitri Epshtein , Gregory CLEMENT , "David S . Miller" , Kamal Mostafa Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 093/170] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2016 17:52:59 -0700 Message-Id: <1459558456-24452-94-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1459558456-24452-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> References: <1459558456-24452-1-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com> X-Extended-Stable: 3.19 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1510 Lines: 38 3.19.8-ckt18 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ---8<------------------------------------------------------------ From: Dmitri Epshtein 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 Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa --- 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 3832570..93b2a28 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c @@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO; dev->hw_features |= dev->features; dev->vlan_features |= dev->features; - dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; dev->gso_max_segs = MVNETA_MAX_TSO_SEGS; err = register_netdev(dev); -- 2.7.4