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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-02-17 18:35:07 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2008-02-17 18:35:07 -0800
commit93b2d4a208eeb19bff95e98c34503ce4b03cd0f9 (patch)
tree4bbd045fe81e6535e97f42ac022e7429814a497b /net/core/rtnetlink.c
parentb57dfbc4f7f8d394c5e96677d2b66ffca1b4e8a7 (diff)
Revert "[RTNETLINK]: Send a single notification on device state changes."
This reverts commit 45b503548210fe6f23e92b856421c2a3f05fd034. It break locking around dev->link_mode as well as cause other bootup problems. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c36
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index ecb02afd52dc..61ac8d06292c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst, u32 id,
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_put_cacheinfo);
-static int set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition, bool send_notification)
+static void set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition)
{
unsigned char operstate = dev->operstate;
@@ -527,12 +527,8 @@ static int set_operstate(struct net_device *dev, unsigned char transition, bool
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
dev->operstate = operstate;
write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
-
- if (send_notification)
- netdev_state_change(dev);
- return 1;
- } else
- return 0;
+ netdev_state_change(dev);
+ }
}
static void copy_rtnl_link_stats(struct rtnl_link_stats *a,
@@ -826,7 +822,6 @@ 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) {
@@ -839,23 +834,16 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
dev_change_flags(dev, flags);
}
- if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {
- if (dev->tx_queue_len != nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])) {
- dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
- modified = 1;
- }
- }
+ if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])
+ dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])
- modified |= set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]), false);
+ set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));
if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) {
- 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_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
- modified = 1;
- }
+ write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
+ dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]);
+ write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
}
err = 0;
@@ -869,10 +857,6 @@ errout:
if (send_addr_notify)
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
-
- if (modified)
- netdev_state_change(dev);
-
return err;
}
@@ -990,7 +974,7 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, char *ifname,
if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])
dev->tx_queue_len = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
if (tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE])
- set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]), true);
+ set_operstate(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_OPERSTATE]));
if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE])
dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]);