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Date:   Sun, 15 Oct 2017 19:17:38 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 6/6] rtnetlink: do not set notification for
 tx_queue_len in do_setlink

On 10/15/17 4:13 AM, Xin Long wrote:
> NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN event process in rtnetlink_event would
> send a notification for userspace and tx_queue_len's setting in
> do_setlink would trigger NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN.
> 
> So it shouldn't set DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY status for this change to
> send a notification any more.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/core/rtnetlink.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> index 3e98fb5..a6bcf86 100644
> --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
> @@ -2093,7 +2093,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
>  				dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
>  				goto errout;
>  			}
> -			status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
> +			status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> 

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>