From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 08:17:18 -0700 > The first netlink code in the bridge module was to notify > user space implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol about > new ports. It did not handle the case of kernel mode STP > changing states which could be useful for monitoring. > > This patch causes RTM_NEWLINK message to occur on kernel > transitions. It does not send message if request was from user > space STP, since that would cause reflection and break existing > API. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx> I agree with Ben that hiding events in any way is going to be a severe limitation, long term. I do not want to apply this and keep going down this road. Sorry. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list Bridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
