3.16.35-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Dmitri Epshtein <d...@marvell.com>

commit 928b6519afeb2a5e2dc61154380b545ed66c476a upstream.

Function eth_prepare_mac_addr_change() is called as part of MAC
address change. This function check if interface is running.
To enable change MAC address when interface is running:
IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE flag must be set to dev->priv_flags field

Fixes: c5aff18204da ("net: mvneta: driver for Marvell Armada 370/XP
network unit")
Signed-off-by: Dmitri Epshtein <d...@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clem...@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <b...@decadent.org.uk>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvneta.c
@@ -3078,7 +3078,7 @@ static int mvneta_probe(struct platform_
        dev->features = NETIF_F_SG | NETIF_F_IP_CSUM | NETIF_F_TSO;
        dev->hw_features |= dev->features;
        dev->vlan_features |= dev->features;
-       dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT;
+       dev->priv_flags |= IFF_UNICAST_FLT | IFF_LIVE_ADDR_CHANGE;
        dev->gso_max_segs = MVNETA_MAX_TSO_SEGS;
 
        err = register_netdev(dev);

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