Re: [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network events.

[Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@solarflare.com>]

On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 11:45 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
[...]
> +	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
> +		if (netif_running(netdev)) {
> +			char str[64] = "DEVSTATE=UP";
> +			char *envp[2] = { str, NULL };
> +
> +			if (netif_oper_up(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",RUNNING");
> +			if (netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",LOWER_UP");
> +			if (netif_dormant(netdev))
> +				strcat(str, ",DORMANT");
> +			kobject_uevent_env(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
> +		}
> +		break;

Unless I'm much mistaken, NETDEV_CHANGE should only be generated when
netif_running() is true, so the test is redundant.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.