From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@xxxxxxxxxxx>
This patch has been added to the 3.18 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
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 fb34708..3bd7e3d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ 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);
--
2.5.0
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