net: allow setting mac address of loopback device

We are trying to mirror the local traffic from lo to eth0,
allowing setting mac address of lo to eth0 would make
the ether addresses in these packets correct, so that
we don't have to modify the ether header again.

Since usually no one cares about its mac address (all-zero),
it is safe to allow those who care to set its mac address.

Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa <[email protected]>
Cc: Neil Horman <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Cc: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Neil Horman <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>

diff --git a/drivers/net/loopback.c b/drivers/net/loopback.c
index c5011e078e1b48f4181464009afc0fe7a1ebbd10..e7c1d5f8ab51a9578f848880dea46f7c0358d693 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/loopback.c
+++ b/drivers/net/loopback.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static const struct net_device_ops loopback_ops = {
        .ndo_init      = loopback_dev_init,
        .ndo_start_xmit= loopback_xmit,
        .ndo_get_stats64 = loopback_get_stats64,
+       .ndo_set_mac_address = eth_mac_addr,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ static void loopback_setup(struct net_device *dev)
        dev->tx_queue_len       = 0;
        dev->type               = ARPHRD_LOOPBACK;      /* 0x0001*/
        dev->flags              = IFF_LOOPBACK;
+       dev->priv_flags         |= IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
        dev->priv_flags        &= ~IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE;
        dev->hw_features        = NETIF_F_ALL_TSO | NETIF_F_UFO;
        dev->features           = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_FRAGLIST