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[net-next,7/8] rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for NOTIFY_PEERS event

Message ID 1491600340-8359-8-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com
State Changes Requested, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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David Ahern April 7, 2017, 9:25 p.m. UTC
NOTIFY_PEERS is an internal event; do not generate userspace
notifications.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 -
 net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)

Comments

Vlad Yasevich April 9, 2017, 1:37 a.m. UTC | #1
On 04/07/2017 05:25 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> NOTIFY_PEERS is an internal event; do not generate userspace
> notifications.

We actually need this event to support macvtap over bonding
as well as to resolve some issues with VMs using a bonded uplink
on the host.

-vlad

> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 1 -
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c         | 4 ----
>  2 files changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> index 4fa3bf3eb21d..8f23e9dde667 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
> @@ -906,7 +906,6 @@ enum {
>  	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_NAME,
>  	IFLA_EVENT_FEAT_CHANGE,
>  	IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_FAILOVER,
> -	IFLA_EVENT_NOTIFY_PEERS,
>  	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_UPPER,
>  	IFLA_EVENT_RESEND_IGMP,
>  	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_LOWER_STATE,
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index e2b0ec5174e7..d2587aa339c4 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -1294,9 +1294,6 @@ static int rtnl_fill_link_event(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long event)
>  	case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
>  		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_FAILOVER;
>  		break;
> -	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
> -		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_NOTIFY_PEERS;
> -		break;
>  	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
>  		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_UPPER;
>  		break;
> @@ -4173,7 +4170,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
>  	case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
>  	case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
>  	case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
> -	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
>  	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
>  	case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
>  	case NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE:
>
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
index 4fa3bf3eb21d..8f23e9dde667 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_link.h
@@ -906,7 +906,6 @@  enum {
 	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_NAME,
 	IFLA_EVENT_FEAT_CHANGE,
 	IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_FAILOVER,
-	IFLA_EVENT_NOTIFY_PEERS,
 	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_UPPER,
 	IFLA_EVENT_RESEND_IGMP,
 	IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_LOWER_STATE,
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e2b0ec5174e7..d2587aa339c4 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1294,9 +1294,6 @@  static int rtnl_fill_link_event(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long event)
 	case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
 		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_BONDING_FAILOVER;
 		break;
-	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
-		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_NOTIFY_PEERS;
-		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
 		rtnl_event = IFLA_EVENT_CHANGE_UPPER;
 		break;
@@ -4173,7 +4170,6 @@  static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
 	case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
 	case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
 	case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
-	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
 	case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE: