[patch net-next v2 1/4] net: introduce new priv_flag indicating iface capable of change mac when running
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From: Jiri Pirko <hidden>
Date: 2012-06-29 15:10:05
Also in:
virtualization
Subsystem:
networking [general], the rest · Maintainers:
"David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Introduce IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE priv_flag and use it to disable netif_running() check in eth_mac_addr() Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <redacted> --- include/linux/if.h | 2 ++ net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/if.h b/include/linux/if.h
index f995c66..1ec407b 100644
--- a/include/linux/if.h
+++ b/include/linux/if.h@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ #define IFF_UNICAST_FLT 0x20000 /* Supports unicast filtering */ #define IFF_TEAM_PORT 0x40000 /* device used as team port */ #define IFF_SUPP_NOFCS 0x80000 /* device supports sending custom FCS */ +#define IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE 0x100000 /* device supports hardware address + * change when it's running */ #define IF_GET_IFACE 0x0001 /* for querying only */
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 36e5880..db6a6c1 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;
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