netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] rtnetlink: Cleanup user notifications for netdev events

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20170413.131702.2026236531356763784.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 13 Apr 2017 13:17:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/8] rtnetlink: Cleanup user notifications
 for netdev events

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:02:39 -0700

> Vlad's recent patch to add the event type to rtnetlink notifications
> points out a number of redundant or unnecessary notifications sent to
> userspace for events that are essentially internal to the kernel. Trim
> the list to put a dent in the notification storm.
> 
> v2
> - rebased to top of net-next with IFLA_EVENT patch reverted
> - dropped removal NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA since it is intentionally
>   only to send a message to userspace
> - dropped NOTIFY_PEERS since Vlad's says it is needed for macvlans
> - add patches to remove NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER and NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN
>   from the event list

Series applied, thanks David.