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Message-Id: <20100515.231229.186295968.davem@davemloft.net> Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 23:12:29 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: shemminger@...tta.com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, simon@...e.lp0.eu Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] bridge: update sysfs link names if port device names have changed From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 12:31:11 -0700 > From: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu> > > Links for each port are created in sysfs using the device > name, but this could be changed after being added to the > bridge. > > As well as being unable to remove interfaces after this > occurs (because userspace tools don't recognise the new > name, and the kernel won't recognise the old name), adding > another interface with the old name to the bridge will > cause an error trying to create the sysfs link. > > This fixes the problem by listening for NETDEV_CHANGENAME > notifications and renaming the link. > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12743 > > Signed-off-by: Simon Arlott <simon@...e.lp0.eu> > Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> Applied. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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