gre: allow changing mac address when device is up There is no need to require forcing device down on a Ethernet GRE (gretap) tunnel to change the MAC address. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c index c5a557a..9b84254 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ { ether_setup(dev); dev->netdev_ops = &gre_tap_netdev_ops; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; ip_tunnel_setup(dev, gre_tap_net_id); }