netdev - Re: [NET]: Avoid duplicate netlink notification when changing link state

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Message-Id: <20070605.160409.25475294.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	tgraf@...g.ch
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [NET]: Avoid duplicate netlink notification when changing link
 state

From: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 00:54:53 +0200

> When changing the link state from userspace not affecting any other
> flags. Two duplicate notification are being sent, once as action
> in the NETDEV_UP/NETDEV_DOWN notification chain and a second time
> when comparing old and new device flags after the change has been
> completed. Although harmless, the duplicates should be avoided.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>

Thanks for fixing this, patch applied.
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