netdev - Re: [patch net-next] net: call notifiers for mtu change even if iface is not up

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Date:	Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:22:29 +0100
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com, psimerda@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next] net: call notifiers for mtu change even if
 iface is not up

Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 03:18:23PM CET, nhorman@...driver.com wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 12:16:32PM +0100, Jiri Pirko wrote:
>> Do the same thing as in set mac. Call notifiers every time.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
>> ---
>>  net/core/dev.c | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
>> index 2f94df2..0685a72 100644
>> --- a/net/core/dev.c
>> +++ b/net/core/dev.c
>> @@ -4971,7 +4971,7 @@ int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
>>  	else
>>  		dev->mtu = new_mtu;
>>  
>> -	if (!err && dev->flags & IFF_UP)
>> +	if (!err)
>>  		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEMTU, dev);
>>  	return err;
>>  }
>
>I'm not opposed to this change, but is there something that it expressly fixes?

This is about a consistency. To have the same behaviour as set_mac
for example.

>While it doesn't hurt to send around mtu change events, one would presume that
>listeners would pick up mtu changes when the NETDEV_UP event went' around.
>
>Neil
>
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