On 03/16/2016 02:34 PM, Xin Long wrote: > Now when we change the attributes of bridge or br_port by netlink, > a relevant netlink notification will be sent, but if we change them > by ioctl or sysfs, no notification will be sent. > > We should ensure that whenever those attributes change internally or from > sysfs/ioctl, that a netlink notification is sent out to listeners. > > Also, NetworkManager will use this in the future to listen for out-of-band > bridge master attribute updates and incorporate them into the runtime > configuration. > > This patch is used for br_sysfs_if, and we also move br_ifinfo_notify out > of store_flag. > > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien....@gmail.com> > --- > net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >
Generally looks good, but it creates an inconsistency between bridge fdb_flush and port fdb_flush since the latter will generate a notification while the bridge flush will not.
