From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Ahern Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 3/8] rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for CHANGEADDR event Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:02:42 -0700 Message-ID: <1491955367-12443-4-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> References: <1491955367-12443-1-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Cc: David Ahern To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-pf0-f179.google.com ([209.85.192.179]:36540 "EHLO mail-pf0-f179.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752845AbdDLACz (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Apr 2017 20:02:55 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f179.google.com with SMTP id o126so5447535pfb.3 for ; Tue, 11 Apr 2017 17:02:54 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1491955367-12443-1-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Changing hardware address generates redundant messages: [LINK]11: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [LINK]11: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Do not send a notification for the CHANGEADDR notifier. Signed-off-by: David Ahern --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 58722bf10d50..574f9b79919a 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -4117,7 +4117,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi switch (event) { case NETDEV_REBOOT: - case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR: case NETDEV_CHANGENAME: case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE: case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER: -- 2.1.4