netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] rtnl/bond: don't send rtnl msg for unregistered iface

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 18:10:56 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
CC:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, j.vosburgh@...il.com,
	vfalico@...il.com, gospo@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] rtnl/bond: don't send rtnl msg for unregistered
 iface

Le 12/05/2015 17:58, Jiri Pirko a écrit :
> Tue, May 12, 2015 at 05:17:45PM CEST, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com wrote:
[snip]
>> First, nobody seems to care about NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA (commit
>> d4261e565000 says that it was put only to notify userspace). Hence, we can
>> call directly rtmsg_ifinfo().
>
> Please leave this notifier here. Will be needed in very near future for
> LAG offloading purposes.
Ok.

>
>> Secondly, prevent in rtmsg_ifinfo() to send notifications to userspace
>> about unregistered interfaces.
>
> I'm not sure about this. Why caller of rtmsg_ifinfo don't take care of
> it? Seems more logical to me.
Simply to avoid code duplication and ensure the bug will not show up in the
future. The existing bug shows that it's easy to forget that check.
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