From 680a27a23af45307095ae432dd0bc859e1fbe219 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Graf Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:13:07 -0700 Subject: [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 Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'net') diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 75a69bac82a8..bb18b9c3a5cb 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; -- cgit v1.2.3