From: stephen hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:16:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: tun: allow setting ethernet addresss while running
X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a676847b396a8f6e212419fd4e45a3bd7362aebf;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git

tun: allow setting ethernet addresss while running

This is a pure software device, and ok with live address change.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 14a04543cd91..2ac2164a1e39 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -849,6 +849,7 @@ static void tun_net_init(struct net_device *dev)
 		/* Ethernet TAP Device */
 		ether_setup(dev);
 		dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING;
+		dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
 
 		eth_hw_addr_random(dev);