netdev - Re: [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network events.

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:14 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network events.

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 11:45 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
[...]
> +	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
> +		if (netif_running(netdev)) {
> +			char str[64] = "DEVSTATE=UP";
> +			char *envp[2] = { str, NULL };
> +
> +			if (netif_oper_up(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",RUNNING");
> +			if (netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",LOWER_UP");
> +			if (netif_dormant(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",DORMANT");
> +			kobject_uevent_env(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
> +		}
> +		break;

Unless I'm much mistaken, NETDEV_CHANGE should only be generated when
netif_running() is true, so the test is redundant.

Ben.

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