netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] bonding: void calling rtmsg

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Date:   Thu, 19 Oct 2017 13:03:34 +0100 (WEST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     jiri@...nulli.us, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] bonding: void calling rtmsg_ifinfo for netlink
 notifications

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 18:28:45 +0800

> On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us> wrote:
>> Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 11:39:38AM CEST, lucien.xin@...il.com wrote:
>>>It's better to send notifications to userspace by the events
>>>in rtnetlink_event, instead of calling rtmsg_ifinfo directly.
>>>
>>>This patcheset is to remove rtmsg_ifinfo called in bonding,
>>>the notifications can be handled by NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER and
>>>NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE events in rtnetlink_event.
>>>
>>>It could also fix some redundant notifications from bonding.
>>
>> This should go to net-next.
> 
> NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER is not yet in rtnetlink_event in net-next tree.
> patches can only work on net tree by now.
> 
> Hi, David, you want me to hold them until the patches for NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER
> are copied to net-next, or you would apply them to net ?

Please hold until net is next merged into net-next, thank you.