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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 <vyasevic@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Vlad Yasevich 12 years ago
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      drivers/net/macvlan.c

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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,