vlan: allow to change type when no vlan device is hooked on netdev
vlan_info might be present but still no vlan devices might be there.
That is in case of vlan0 automatically added.
So in that case, allow to change netdev type.
Reported-by: Jon Stanley <jstanley@rmrf.net>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c
index 9096bcb..ee07072 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@
case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE:
/* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */
- return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ if (vlan_uses_dev(dev))
+ return NOTIFY_BAD;
+ break;
case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER: