netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add handler for RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK

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Message-ID: <CAFLxGvwjhxxc2OgerCeF4nmvpbTV1-XttUZ2poaDLFWcBpaOxw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:36:08 +0100
From:	Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
	"olaf@...fle.de" <olaf@...fle.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	driverdev-devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add handler for RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:10 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>
> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:09:59 +0000
>
>> So, what's the equivalent or similar command to "network restart" on SLES12? Could
>> you update the command line for the usermodehelper when porting this patch to SLES
>> 12?
>
> No, you are not going to keep the usermodehelper invocation in your driver
> please remove it.  It is absolutely inappropriate, and I strictly do not want
> to keep it in there because other people will copy it and then we'll have a
> real mess on our hands.

Sorry for digging up this old thread.
While talking with some guys about usermodehelper abuses I came across this gem.
Mainline still contains that "/etc/init.d/network restart" code.
Haiyang, care to cleanup?

-- 
Thanks,
//richard
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