netdev - [PATCH net-next] net: packet: allow bind to device which is !IFF

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Message-Id: <1513776049-9141-1-git-send-email-cugyly@163.com>
Date:   Wed, 20 Dec 2017 21:20:49 +0800
From:   yuan linyu <cugyly@....com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        yuan linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net: packet: allow bind to device which is !IFF_UP

From: yuan linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>

this try to allow tcpdump to capture packet once device IFF_UP

Signed-off-by: yuan linyu <Linyu.Yuan@...atel-sbell.com.cn>
---
 net/packet/af_packet.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index da215e5..11b19fc 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -3124,13 +3124,8 @@ static int packet_do_bind(struct sock *sk, const char *name, int ifindex,
 	if (proto == 0 || !need_rehook)
 		goto out_unlock;
 
-	if (!unlisted && (!dev || (dev->flags & IFF_UP))) {
+	if (!unlisted)
 		register_prot_hook(sk);
-	} else {
-		sk->sk_err = ENETDOWN;
-		if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
-			sk->sk_error_report(sk);
-	}
 
 out_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-- 
2.7.4