netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Issue NETDEV_CHANGE notification when bridge changes state

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Date:	Sun, 6 Mar 2011 18:25:43 -0600
From:	Adam Majer <adamm@...bino.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	"Pekka Savola (ipv6)" <pekkas@...core.fi>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Issue NETDEV_CHANGE notification when bridge
 changes state

On Sun, Mar 06, 2011 at 09:45:41AM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> Since this a generic problem, it needs a better solution.
> Sending NETDEV_CHANGE impacts lots of other pieces, and even
> user space has similar problems.

It does seem a little broad notification type. I've checked over
all the currently defined NETDEV notifiers, and it seems that
NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS may be a better option to use when bridge
has a potential topology change.

Currently it is only used in ipv4/devinet.c: where it is used to issue
a gratuitous ARP.


-- 
Adam Majer
adamm@...bino.com
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