From: Vlad Yasevich Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 10:21:48 +0000 (+0000) Subject: macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=87ab7f6f2874f1115817e394a7ed2dea1c72549e;p=linux-beck.git macvlan: Set IFF_UNICAST_FLT flag to prevent unnecessary promisc mode. 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 --- diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c index 417b2af1aa80..73abbc1655d5 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c @@ -660,6 +660,7 @@ 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,