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Subject[PATCH 3.12 30/78] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up
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From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com>

3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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[ Upstream commit 928b6519afeb2a5e2dc61154380b545ed66c476a ]

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")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.cz>
---
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 d3b8c8af5d5b..5902e6a93167 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -2861,7 +2861,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
dev->hw_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
dev->vlan_features |= NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM;
- dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;

err = register_netdev(dev);
if (err < 0) {
--
2.8.1
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