[IPV6] address: Allow address changes while device is administrative …

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Same behaviour as IPv4, using IFF_UP is a no-no anyway.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

net/ipv6/addrconf.c

@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@ static int inet6_addr_add(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx, int plen,
 	if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if ((idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev)) == NULL)
 		return -ENOBUFS;
 
@@ -2922,9 +2919,6 @@ inet6_addr_modify(int ifindex, struct in6_addr *pfx,
 	if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
-		return -ENETDOWN;
-
 	if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
 		return -EINVAL;