Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH v2] batman-adv: B.A.T.M.A.N V - make sure iface is reactivated upon NETDEV_UP event

[Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>]

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On Thursday, April 14, 2016 09:37:05 Antonio Quartulli wrote:
> At the moment there is no explicit reactivation of an hard-interface
> upon NETDEV_UP event. In case of B.A.T.M.A.N. IV the interface is
> reactivated as soon as the next OGM is scheduled for sending, but this
> mechanism does not work with B.A.T.M.A.N. V. The latter does not rely
> on the same scheduling mechanism as its predecessor and for this reason
> the hard-interface remains deactivated forever after being brought down
> once.
> 
> This patch fixes the reactivation mechanism by adding a new routing API
> which explicitly allows each algorithm to perform any needed operation
> upon interface re-activation.
> 
> Such API is optional and is implemented by B.A.T.M.A.N. V only and it
> just takes care of setting the iface status to ACTIVE
> 
> Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <a@unstable.cc>
> ---
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - added kerneldoc for bat_iface_activate
> 
>  net/batman-adv/bat_v.c          | 12 ++++++++++++
>  net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c |  3 +++
>  net/batman-adv/types.h          |  3 +++
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

Applied in revision 69cfb8b.

Thanks,
Marek

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