From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757814Ab3CZRxl (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:53:41 -0400 Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([71.74.56.122]:21168 "EHLO hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753592Ab3CZRgQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:36:16 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=adbjbGUt c=1 sm=0 a=rXTBtCOcEpjy1lPqhTCpEQ==:17 a=mNMOxpOpBa8A:10 a=Ciwy3NGCPMMA:10 a=hXeoVUTX_S4A:10 a=5SG0PmZfjMsA:10 a=bbbx4UPp9XUA:10 a=meVymXHHAAAA:8 a=F-_XCs3WUiQA:10 a=20KFwNOVAAAA:8 a=J1Y8HTJGAAAA:8 a=GZK3lcuhIWR5GrNAc6YA:9 a=jEp0ucaQiEUA:10 a=4N9Db7Z2_RYA:10 a=rXTBtCOcEpjy1lPqhTCpEQ==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 74.67.115.198 Message-Id: <20130326173608.133055475@goodmis.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.60-1 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:21:50 -0400 From: Steven Rostedt To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: "David S. Miller" Subject: [PATCH 51/86] macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. References: <20130326172059.136127374@goodmis.org> Content-Disposition: inline; filename=0051-macvlan-Set-IFF_UNICAST_FLT-flag-to-prevent-unnecess.patch Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.6.11.1 stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Vlad Yasevich [ Upstream commit 87ab7f6f2874f1115817e394a7ed2dea1c72549e ] Macvlan already supports hw address filters. Set the IFF_UNICAST_FLT so that it doesn't needlesly enter PROMISC mode when macvlans are stacked. Signed-of-by: Vlad Yasevich Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/macvlan.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c index 66a9bfe..ea2c5d4 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c @@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ void macvlan_common_setup(struct net_device *dev) ether_setup(dev); dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE | IFF_TX_SKB_SHARING); + dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT; dev->netdev_ops = &macvlan_netdev_ops; dev->destructor = free_netdev; dev->header_ops = &macvlan_hard_header_ops, -- 1.7.10.4