netdev - Re: [PATCHv4] Bridge: Always send NETDEV

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Date:	Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:12:30 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@...orola.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4] Bridge: Always send NETDEV_CHANGEADDR up on br MAC
 change.

On Fri,  5 Aug 2011 16:04:10 -0500
Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@...orola.com> wrote:

> This ensures the neighbor entries associated with the bridge
> dev are flushed, also invalidating the associated cached L2 headers.
> 
> This means we br_add_if/br_del_if ports to implement hand-over and
> not wind up with bridge packets going out with stale MAC.
> 
> This means we can also change MAC of port device and also not wind
> up with bridge packets going out with stale MAC.
> 
> This builds on Stephen Hemminger's patch, also handling the br_del_if
> case and the port MAC change case.
> 
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Warkentin <andreiw@...orola.com>

Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
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