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authorThomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>2006-09-18 00:13:07 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2006-09-22 15:19:01 -0700
commit680a27a23af45307095ae432dd0bc859e1fbe219 (patch)
tree2f879b84afbbe1a6c8ca296e202367d04528d8e3
parent0ab6803bc90a8ee5c860ef09334b30007d1746be (diff)
[IPV6] address: Allow address changes while device is administrative down
Same behaviour as IPv4, using IFF_UP is a no-no anyway. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/addrconf.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 75a69bac82a..bb18b9c3a5c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx, int plen,
if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
if ((idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev)) == NULL)
return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2922,9 +2919,6 @@ inet6_addr_modify(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx,
if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
return -EINVAL;