netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add notifications for the bridge dev on vlan change

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Date:   Thu, 02 Nov 2017 15:54:17 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, stephen@...workplumber.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: bridge: add notifications for the bridge
 dev on vlan change

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Wed,  1 Nov 2017 12:18:13 +0200

> Currently the bridge device doesn't generate any notifications upon vlan
> modifications on itself because it doesn't use the generic bridge
> notifications.
> With the recent changes we know if anything was modified in the vlan config
> thus we can generate a notification when necessary for the bridge device
> so add support to br_ifinfo_notify() similar to how other combined
> functions are done - if port is present it takes precedence, otherwise
> notify about the bridge. I've explicitly marked the locations where the
> notification should be always for the port by setting bridge to NULL.
> I've also taken the liberty to rearrange each modified function's local
> variables in reverse xmas tree as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied.