@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ int br_add_bridge(struct net *net, const char *name)
return -ENOMEM;
dev_net_set(dev, net);
+ br_assign_rtnl_link_ops(dev);
res = register_netdev(dev);
if (res)
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@ static struct rtnl_link_ops br_link_ops __read_mostly = {
.dellink = br_dev_delete,
};
+void br_assign_rtnl_link_ops(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ dev->rtnl_link_ops = &br_link_ops;
+}
+
int __init br_netlink_init(void)
{
int err;
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ extern int (*br_fdb_test_addr_hook)(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char *addr)
extern int br_netlink_init(void);
extern void br_netlink_fini(void);
extern void br_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct net_bridge_port *port);
+extern void br_assign_rtnl_link_ops(struct net_device *dev);
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
/* br_sysfs_if.c */
This ensures that bridges created with brctl(8) or ioctl(2) directly also carry IFLA_LINKINFO when dumped over netlink. This also allows to create a bridge with ioctl(2) and delete it with RTM_DELLINK. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch> --- net/bridge/br_if.c | 1 + net/bridge/br_netlink.c | 5 +++++ net/bridge/br_private.h | 1 + 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)