From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-Id: <20130326173608.133055475@goodmis.org> 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: 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