In do_setlink the device changes are atomic and notifications will be sent at the end of the function once if any modification occured and once if address has been changed.
Signed-off-by: Laszlo Attila Toth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 4a2640d..ecf4dc5 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst, u32 id, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_put_cacheinfo); -static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition) +static int set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition) { unsigned char operstate = dev->operstate; @@ -560,8 +560,9 @@ static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition) write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); dev->operstate = operstate; write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock); - netdev_state_change(dev); - } + return 1; + } else + return 0; } static void copy_rtnl_link_stats(struct rtnl_link_stats *a, @@ -855,6 +856,7 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm, if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]) { nla_memcpy(dev->broadcast, tb[IFLA_BROADCAST], dev->addr_len); send_addr_notify = 1; + modified = 1; } if (ifm->ifi_flags || ifm->ifi_change) { @@ -867,16 +869,26 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm, dev_change_flags(dev, flags); } - if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) - dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]); + if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) { + if (dev->tx_queue_len != nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])) { + write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); + dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]); + write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock); + modified = 1; + } + } - if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]) - set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])); + if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]) { + modified |= set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])); + } if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) { - write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); - dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]); - write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock); + if (dev->link_mode != nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE])) { + write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock); + dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]); + write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock); + modified = 1; + } } err = 0; @@ -890,6 +902,8 @@ errout: if (send_addr_notify) call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev); + if (modified) + netdev_state_change(dev); return err; } -- 1.5.2.5 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html