From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
To: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org,
Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>,
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>,
Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>,
John Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>,
Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5 09/22] ethtool: implement EVENT notifications
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 14:04:28 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190327130428.GB14297@nanopsycho> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <971a93b567c81103716902cd1ad00946201f9710.1553532199.git.mkubecek@suse.cz>
Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 06:08:21PM CET, mkubecek@suse.cz wrote:
>Three types of netlink notifications are introduced:
>
> - ETHA_EVENT_NEWDEV to notify about newly registered network devices
> - ETHA_EVENT_DELDEV to notify about unregistered network devices
> - ETHA_EVENT_RENAMEDEV to notify about renamed network device
>
>The notifications are triggered by NETDEV_REGISTER, NETDEV_UNREGISTER and
>NETDEV_CHANGENAME notifiers.
>
>These notifications are intended for applications and daemons monitoring
>ethtool events to allow updating the list of existing devices without
>having to open another socket for rtnetlink.
Wait. You duplicate events that are already going out through RTNETLINK.
App should open RTNETLINK in order to get those. Other apps are doing
that too. I don't think that duplications like this are desirable :/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-27 13:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-25 17:07 [PATCH net-next v5 00/22] ethtool netlink interface, part 1 Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:07 ` [PATCH net-next v5 01/22] rtnetlink: provide permanent hardware address in RTM_NEWLINK Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 10:08 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 10:31 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 11:38 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 19:46 ` David Miller
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 02/22] netlink: introduce nla_put_bitfield32() Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 10:09 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 1:56 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 03/22] netlink: add strict version of nla_parse_nested() Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 10:11 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 1:57 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 04/22] ethtool: move to its own directory Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 10:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 1:57 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 05/22] ethtool: introduce ethtool netlink interface Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 12:09 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 13:24 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 13:42 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 9:26 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 9:50 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 2:05 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 8:10 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 9:37 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 13:23 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 17:00 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 17:28 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 16:36 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 17:32 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 9:26 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 06/22] ethtool: helper functions for " Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 12:38 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 14:19 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 16:22 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 07/22] ethtool: netlink bitset handling Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 15:59 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 17:59 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 9:57 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 10:19 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 08/22] ethtool: support for netlink notifications Michal Kubecek
2019-03-26 16:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-26 18:17 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 9:38 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 9:51 ` Andrew Lunn
2019-03-27 10:04 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 10:16 ` Andrew Lunn
2019-03-27 10:41 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 9:59 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 10:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 09/22] ethtool: implement EVENT notifications Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 13:04 ` Jiri Pirko [this message]
2019-03-27 14:14 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 2:14 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 6:41 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 9:16 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 10/22] ethtool: generic handlers for GET requests Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 16:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 21:53 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 13:32 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 11/22] ethtool: move string arrays into common file Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 2:17 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 12/22] ethtool: provide string sets with GET_STRSET request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 20:12 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 22:56 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-29 8:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 2:25 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 7:18 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 13:43 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 14:04 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 17:35 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 18:52 ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-03-28 20:43 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 21:06 ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-03-29 6:52 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 22:28 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 13/22] ethtool: provide driver/device information in GET_INFO request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 20:14 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 22:25 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 2:30 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 9:21 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 9:53 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 16:34 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-28 20:09 ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-03-28 22:46 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-29 18:48 ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-03-29 18:53 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 14/22] ethtool: provide timestamping " Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:36 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 10:03 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 15/22] ethtool: provide link mode names as a string set Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:52 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 16/22] ethtool: provide link settings and link modes in GET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:44 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 10:04 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 17/22] ethtool: set link settings and link modes with SET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 18/22] ethtool: provide link state in GET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 19/22] ethtool: provide WoL information " Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:42 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-28 10:10 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 20/22] ethtool: set WoL settings with SET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:49 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:08 ` [PATCH net-next v5 21/22] ethtool: provide message level in GET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:46 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-25 17:09 ` [PATCH net-next v5 22/22] ethtool: set message level with SET_SETTINGS request Michal Kubecek
2019-03-28 3:48 ` Florian Fainelli
2019-03-27 13:09 ` [PATCH net-next v5 00/22] ethtool netlink interface, part 1 Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 14:28 ` Michal Kubecek
2019-03-27 15:19 ` Jiri Pirko
2019-03-27 19:12 ` David Miller
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