On 4/27/17 1:43 PM, Vlad Yasevich wrote: >> For example, NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA is only for bonds though nothing >> about the name suggests it is a bonding notification. This one was added >> specifically to notify userspace (d4261e5650004), yet seems to happen >> only during a changelink and that already generates a RTM_NEWLINK >> message via do_setlink. Since the rtnetlink_event message does not >> contain anything "NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA" related what purpose does it >> really serve besides duplicating netlink messages to userspace. >> > > I am not sure about this one, but if you have an app trying to monitor > for this event, it can't really since there is no info in the netlink message.
I cc'ed Jiri on this thread hoping he would explain the intent. I propose it gets removed.
