@@ -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 */
@@ -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;
Introduce IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE priv_flag and use it to disable netif_running() check in eth_mac_addr() Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jpirko@redhat.com> --- include/linux/if.h | 2 ++ net/ethernet/eth.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)