[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>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 75a69ba..bb18b9c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@
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 @@
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;