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[3.19.y-ckt,093/170] net: mvneta: enable change MAC address when interface is up

Message ID 1459558456-24452-94-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com
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Kamal Mostafa April 2, 2016, 12:52 a.m. UTC 
3.19.8-ckt18 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dmitri Epshtein <dima@marvell.com>

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 <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: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
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 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
index 3832570..93b2a28 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3079,7 +3079,7 @@  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);