* [PATCH net] gre: allow live address change
@ 2014-12-27 18:01 Stephen Hemminger
2014-12-31 19:18 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2014-12-27 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev
The GRE tap device supports Ethernet over GRE, but doesn't
care about the source address of the tunnel, therefore it
can be changed without bring device down.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c 2014-12-27 09:43:49.070032631 -0800
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c 2014-12-27 09:43:49.066032607 -0800
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ static bool ipgre_netlink_encap_parms(st
static int gre_tap_init(struct net_device *dev)
{
__gre_tunnel_init(dev);
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
return ip_tunnel_init(dev);
}
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* Re: [PATCH net] gre: allow live address change
2014-12-27 18:01 [PATCH net] gre: allow live address change Stephen Hemminger
@ 2014-12-31 19:18 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2014-12-31 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: shemming; +Cc: netdev
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemming@brocade.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 10:01:42 -0800
> The GRE tap device supports Ethernet over GRE, but doesn't
> care about the source address of the tunnel, therefore it
> can be changed without bring device down.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Applied.
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