Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 5/6] bridge: a netlink notification should be sent when those attributes are changed by br_sysfs_if

From: Nikolay Aleksandrov <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:23:08 +0100

On 03/16/2016 02:34 PM, Xin Long wrote:
> Now when we change the attributes of bridge or br_port by netlink,
> a relevant netlink notification will be sent, but if we change them
> by ioctl or sysfs, no notification will be sent.
> 
> We should ensure that whenever those attributes change internally or from
> sysfs/ioctl, that a netlink notification is sent out to listeners.
> 
> Also, NetworkManager will use this in the future to listen for out-of-band
> bridge master attribute updates and incorporate them into the runtime
> configuration.
> 
> This patch is used for br_sysfs_if, and we also move br_ifinfo_notify out
> of store_flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

Generally looks good, but it creates an inconsistency between bridge fdb_flush
and port fdb_flush since the latter will generate a notification while the
bridge flush will not.