netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: fix "entering disabled state" logging

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Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:33:23 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	paulius.zaleckas@...il.com
Cc:	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: fix "entering disabled state" logging

From: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 16:22:19 +0200

> Now we have:
> eth0: link down
> br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
> 
> State should be logged *after* it was changed, not before.
> 
> Reported-by: Zilvinas Valinskas <zilvinas@...ibox.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paulius Zaleckas <paulius.zaleckas@...il.com>

This is intentional, this was a discussion about this.

"Entering" means "about to" therefore we say it before it happens.
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