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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/tun.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index 038c1ef94d2e..7b816a032957 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 |