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 <schoudah@brocade.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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 @@
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 @@
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[],