gre: allow changing mac address when device is up
There is no need to require forcing device down on a Ethernet GRE (gretap)
tunnel to change the MAC address.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
index c5a557a..9b84254 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_gre.c
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@
{
ether_setup(dev);
dev->netdev_ops = &gre_tap_netdev_ops;
+ dev->priv_flags |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
ip_tunnel_setup(dev, gre_tap_net_id);
}