netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] netconf: Add support for RTM

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Date:   Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:36:19 +0200
From:   Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] netconf: Add support for RTM_DELNETCONF

Le 29/03/2017 à 07:32, David Miller a écrit :
> From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:28:00 -0700
> 
>> netconf notifications are sent as devices register but not when they
>> are deleted leaving userspace caches out of sync. Add support for
>> RTM_DELNETCONF to ipv4, ipv6 and mpls.
Not sure why those notifications are needed. When an interface is set down, ipv4
route deletion are not notified. Why is it needed for netconf?

>>
>> MPLS is missing RTM_NEWNETCONF as devices are created, so add it as well.
> 
> Series applied, thanks.
>