[PATCH 4.17 177/324] r8169: fix mac address change

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2018-08-23T08:53:14Z

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>

[ 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 <vinschen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
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;