From 8701352b22a2f82c814283131587e970a56b69a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent Bernat Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:05:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] bridge: trigger RTM_NEWLINK when interface is modified by bridge ioctl Currently, there is a difference in netlink events received when an interface is modified through bridge ioctl() or through netlink. This patch generates additional events when an interface is added to or removed from a bridge via ioctl(). When adding then removing an interface from a bridge with netlink, we get: 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 Deleted 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff When using ioctl(): 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue master bridge0 state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 Deleted 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 master bridge0 state UNKNOWN link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 5: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 9e:da:60:ee:cf:c8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Without this patch, the last netlink notification is not sent. Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_ioctl.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c index 7970f8540cbb..66cd98772051 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ static int add_del_if(struct net_bridge *br, int ifindex, int isadd) else ret = br_del_if(br, dev); + if (!ret) + rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, IFF_MASTER, GFP_KERNEL); + return ret; } -- 2.39.5