From: Shweta Choudaha Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 19:15:43 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ip6gre: Allow live link address change X-Git-Tag: v5.15~13202^2~396 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=76e48f9fbe3b0d1279868eef0543725577525e97;p=platform%2Fkernel%2Flinux-starfive.git ip6gre: Allow live link address change The ip6 GRE tap device should not be forced to down state to change the mac address and should allow live address change for tap device similar to ipv4 gre. Signed-off-by: Shweta Choudaha Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c index f4ac284..fdc9de2 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c @@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ static int ip6gre_tap_init(struct net_device *dev) if (ret) return ret; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; + tunnel = netdev_priv(dev); ip6gre_tnl_link_config(tunnel, 1); @@ -1289,6 +1291,7 @@ static void ip6gre_tap_setup(struct net_device *dev) dev->features |= NETIF_F_NETNS_LOCAL; dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; } static bool ip6gre_netlink_encap_parms(struct nlattr *data[],