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be2net: don't delete MAC on close on unprivileged BE3 VFs
authorIvan Vecera <cera@cera.cz>
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 21:38:28 +0000 (22:38 +0100)
committerDhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@oracle.com>
Wed, 8 Mar 2017 01:05:41 +0000 (20:05 -0500)
commite9c51427febd306950eda778c0c75af5edc7b858
treeef5842288b85638a3cd71d34d1d79b9cd341491c
parent8f60b130af3e4f7a8a6bc4f824fe69e99b02d20e
be2net: don't delete MAC on close on unprivileged BE3 VFs

Orabug: 25570957

BE3 VFs without FILTMGMT privilege are not allowed to modify its MAC,
VLAN table and UC/MC lists. So don't try to delete MAC on such VFs.

Cc: Sathya Perla <sathya.perla@broadcom.com>
Cc: Ajit Khaparde <ajit.khaparde@broadcom.com>
Cc: Sriharsha Basavapatna <sriharsha.basavapatna@broadcom.com>
Cc: Somnath Kotur <somnath.kotur@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Ivan Vecera <cera@cera.cz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
(cherry picked from commit 6d928ae590c8d58cfd5cca997d54394de139cbb7)
Signed-off-by: Brian Maly <brian.maly@oracle.com>
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c

Signed-off-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval.giani@oracle.com>
drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c