On 04/08/2016 06:03 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 ioctl. > > Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > net/bridge/br_ioctl.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------- > 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) > LGTM, Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
