Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755531AbcDJUYq (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2016 16:24:46 -0400 Received: from mail.linuxfoundation.org ([140.211.169.12]:52401 "EHLO mail.linuxfoundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757733AbcDJSsf (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2016 14:48:35 -0400 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Dmitri Epshtein , Gregory CLEMENT , "David S. Miller" Subject: [PATCH 4.5 147/238] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2016 11:35:24 -0700 Message-Id: <20160410183504.626269242@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.8.0 In-Reply-To: <20160410183456.398741366@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20160410183456.398741366@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.64 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1326 Lines: 36 4.5-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c @@ -3720,7 +3720,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_ 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);