netdev - Re: Fw: [Bug 201071] New: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not give proper RTM

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Date:   Tue, 11 Sep 2018 21:48:41 -0700
From:   Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Fw: [Bug 201071] New: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not
 give proper RTM_NEWLINK message

On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:04:37 +0000
>> From: bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
>> To: stephen@...workplumber.org
>> Subject: [Bug 201071] New: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not give proper RTM_NEWLINK message
>>
>>
>> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201071
>>
>>             Bug ID: 201071
>>            Summary: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not give proper
>>                     RTM_NEWLINK message
>>            Product: Networking
>>            Version: 2.5
>>     Kernel Version: 4.19-rc1
>>           Hardware: All
>>                 OS: Linux
>>               Tree: Mainline
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: normal
>>           Priority: P1
>>          Component: Other
>>           Assignee: stephen@...workplumber.org
>>           Reporter: liam.mcbirnie@...ing.com
>>         Regression: Yes
>>
>> If a vxlan is created with state 'up', the RTM_NEWLINK message shows the state
>> as down, and there no other netlink messages are sent.
>> As a result, processes listening to netlink are never notified that the vxlan
>> link is up.
>
> thanks for the fwd. looking...
>
>

attached a patch to the bug. Will post it here after some confirmation
of the fix from the reporter.