netdev - Re: [patch net-next] bonding: create netlink event when bonding option is changed

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Date:	Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:49:01 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	davem@...emloft.net, j.vosburgh@...il.com, vfalico@...il.com,
	andy@...yhouse.net, nikolay@...hat.com, dingtianhong@...wei.com,
	sfeldma@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] bonding: create netlink event when bonding
 option is changed

On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 10:00:51 -0400
Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:

> > >
> > >My question was:  Is there a need for 2 netlink messages to indicate
> > >that a bonding configuration change was needed when the config came over
> > >netlink.  I did not see the need for 2 netlink messages in this case and
> > >was asking for clarification from you.  
> > 
> > Imagine 2 applications. One is just monitoring netlink events ("ip
> > mon"), the second is setting up bond via netlink. Now, the second sends
> > a message to kernel, that is unicast to kernel. The first application
> > does not see that message. Therefore there is need to generate the event
> > message in kernel and send it back to userspace via multicast.
> > That message the first application will see. And that is exactly what
> > my patch is doing.  
> 
> Agreed.  Thanks for having the discussion on this.
> 
> Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <gospo@...ulusnetworks.com>

Quagga uses socket filter to solve this problem.
The application filters out it's own route change events.
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