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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-03-05 12:26:41 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-03-05 12:26:41 -0800
commit255333c1db3ec63921de29b134418a4e56e5921e (patch)
treeb1cd99373cabfa6fed020496d4d74500e7bc7e92 /drivers/net/tun.c
parent9a43b709a230705ca40a6f854a334a02334a3c1c (diff)
parent0d66afe7805b169b6bf3c7a88cf8163298b8ef05 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
Conflicts: net/mac80211/rc80211_pid_algo.c
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/tun.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/tun.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 038c1ef94d2..7b816a03295 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -663,7 +663,11 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
case SIOCSIFHWADDR:
{
/* try to set the actual net device's hw address */
- int ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr);
+ int ret;
+
+ rtnl_lock();
+ ret = dev_set_mac_address(tun->dev, &ifr.ifr_hwaddr);
+ rtnl_unlock();
if (ret == 0) {
/** Set the character device's hardware address. This is used when