From: Alexander Aring Date: Sun, 2 Nov 2014 03:18:39 +0000 (+0100) Subject: ieee802154: don't allow to change addr while netif_running X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v3.19/fixes-rc1~125^2~134^2~66^2~52 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8f499f991c275d5251a427c424360a9c60f549e4;p=pandora-kernel.git ieee802154: don't allow to change addr while netif_running This patch changes the actual behaviour for setting address attributes. We should not change addresses while netif_running is true. Furthermore when netif_running is running the address attributes becomes read only and we can remove locking mechanism in receive and transmit hothpaths of 802.15.4 subsystem. Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring Signed-off-by: Marcel Holtmann --- Reading git-diff-tree failed