netdev - Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 15684] New: Netlink is notifying RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR instead of RTNLGRP_IPV6

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Message-Id: <20100405125431.14c67afa.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 2010 12:54:31 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org,
	bugme-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org, eduardo.panisset@...il.com
Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 15684] New: Netlink is notifying
 RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR instead of RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO


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On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 18:35:14 GMT
bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org wrote:

> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15684
> 
>            Summary: Netlink is notifying RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR instead of
>                     RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO
>            Product: Networking
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 2.6.28-2
>           Platform: All
>         OS/Version: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: IPV6
>         AssignedTo: yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
>         ReportedBy: eduardo.panisset@...il.com
>         Regression: No
> 
> 
> It seems the inet6_ifinfo_notify function placed in "net/ipv6/addrconf.c" is
> notifying the wrong netlink group (RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR) with ifinfo structure.
> 
> So I suggest the correction below (RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO takes the place of
> RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFADDR):
> 
> void inet6_ifinfo_notify(int event, struct inet6_dev *idev)
> {
> 
> ...
> 
>    err = rtnl_notify(skb, net, 0, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, NUL, GFP_ATOMIC);
> ...
> 
> errout:
>    if (err < 0)
>       rtnl_set_sk_err(net, RTNLGRP_IPV6_IFINFO, err);
> }
> 

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