From: Mike Manning <mmann...@brocade.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 11:32:51 +0000
>
> - /* vlan address was equal to the old address and is different from
> + /* vlan address was equal to the old address so now also inherit
> * the new address */
> - if (ether_addr_equal(vlandev->dev_addr, vlan->real_dev_addr) &&
> - !ether_addr_equal(vlandev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr))
> - dev_uc_add(dev, vlandev->dev_addr);
> + if (ether_addr_equal(vlandev->dev_addr, vlan->real_dev_addr))
> + ether_addr_copy(vlandev->dev_addr, dev->dev_addr);
>
This dev_uc_add() call removal cannot be correct, if the device is up
we must programe it into the hardware unicast filters and if also
potentially put it into promiscuous mode via __dev_set_rx_mode().
Also your subject line isn't formatted properly, it should be:
[PATCH net] vlan: Propagate MAC address changes properly.
