netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] bridge: export port_no and port_id via IFA_INFO

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Message-ID: <1354334023.9680.4.camel@cr0>
Date:	Sat, 01 Dec 2012 11:53:43 +0800
From:	Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>,
	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/2] bridge: export port_no and port_id via
 IFA_INFO_DATA

On Fri, 2012-11-30 at 07:52 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> I don't think these are necessary. The device is already available and
> the relationship
> can be determined from other messages. This is what RSTP daemon does.
> 

Rethinking about it, I think we can just put port->dev->ifindex instead
of port->port_no in the netlink message, so patch 1/2 is not needed at
more.

Thanks!

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