3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 5025f7f7d506fba9b39e7fe8ca10f6f34cb9bc2d ]
rtnl_configure_link sets dev->rtnl_link_state to
RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED and unconditionally calls
__dev_notify_flags to notify user-space of dev flags.
current call sequence for rtnl_configure_link
rtnetlink_newlink
rtnl_link_ops->newlink
rtnl_configure_link (unconditionally notifies userspace of
default and new dev flags)
If a newlink handler wants to call rtnl_configure_link
early, we will end up with duplicate notifications to
user-space.
This patch fixes rtnl_configure_link to check rtnl_link_state
and call __dev_notify_flags with gchanges = 0 if already
RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED.
Later in the series, this patch will help the following sequence
where a driver implementing newlink can call rtnl_configure_link
to initialize the link early.
makes the following call sequence work:
rtnetlink_newlink
rtnl_link_ops->newlink (vxlan) -> rtnl_configure_link (initializes
link and notifies
user-space of default
dev flags)
rtnl_configure_link (updates dev flags if requested by user ifm
and notifies user-space of new dev flags)
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/rtnetlink.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1842,9 +1842,12 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_devic
return err;
}
- dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED;
-
- __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, ~0U);
+ if (dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED) {
+ __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, 0U);
+ } else {
+ dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED;
+ __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, ~0U);
+ }
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
