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

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