4.17-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: Heiner Kallweit <[email protected]> [ Upstream commit 2d0ec5440bef4a0a8858d52d45c31725540c3e74 ] Network core refuses to change mac address because flag IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE isn't set. Set this missing flag. Fixes: 1f7aa2bc268e ("r8169: simplify rtl_set_mac_address") Reported-by: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <[email protected]> Tested-by: Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169.c @@ -8345,6 +8345,7 @@ static int rtl_init_one(struct pci_dev * NETIF_F_HW_VLAN_CTAG_RX; dev->vlan_features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO | NETIF_F_HIGHDMA; + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE; tp->cp_cmd |= RxChkSum | RxVlan;
