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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h10
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c6
-rw-r--r--net/core/rtnetlink.c15
4 files changed, 13 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
index 6327e689e8a8..ca8605eb82ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/net_cachelines/net_device.rst
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ struct ref_tracker_dir refcnt_tracker
struct list_head link_watch_list
enum:8 reg_state
bool dismantle
-enum:16 rtnl_link_state
+bool rtnl_link_initilizing
bool needs_free_netdev
void*priv_destructor struct net_device
struct netpoll_info* npinfo read_mostly napi_poll/napi_poll_lock
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d8544f6a680c..e6036b82ef4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1946,9 +1946,6 @@ enum netdev_reg_state {
*
* @reg_state: Register/unregister state machine
* @dismantle: Device is going to be freed
- * @rtnl_link_state: This enum represents the phases of creating
- * a new link
- *
* @needs_free_netdev: Should unregister perform free_netdev?
* @priv_destructor: Called from unregister
* @npinfo: XXX: need comments on this one
@@ -2363,11 +2360,8 @@ struct net_device {
/** @moving_ns: device is changing netns, protected by @lock */
bool moving_ns;
-
- enum {
- RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED,
- RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING,
- } rtnl_link_state:16;
+ /** @rtnl_link_initializing: Device being created, suppress events */
+ bool rtnl_link_initializing;
bool needs_free_netdev;
void (*priv_destructor)(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index d0563ddff6ca..03d20a98f8b7 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -11110,8 +11110,7 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev)
* Prevent userspace races by waiting until the network
* device is fully setup before sending notifications.
*/
- if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
- dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
+ if (!(dev->rtnl_link_ops && dev->rtnl_link_initializing))
rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, ~0U, GFP_KERNEL, 0, NULL);
out:
@@ -12025,8 +12024,7 @@ void unregister_netdevice_many_notify(struct list_head *head,
*/
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
- if (!dev->rtnl_link_ops ||
- dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED)
+ if (!(dev->rtnl_link_ops && dev->rtnl_link_initializing))
skb = rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(RTM_DELLINK, dev, ~0U, 0,
GFP_KERNEL, NULL, 0,
portid, nlh);
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 39a5b72e861f..38526210b8fd 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3580,7 +3580,7 @@ static int rtnl_dellink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
u32 portid, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
{
- unsigned int old_flags;
+ unsigned int old_flags, changed;
int err;
old_flags = dev->flags;
@@ -3591,12 +3591,13 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
return err;
}
- if (dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED) {
- __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, (old_flags ^ dev->flags), portid, nlh);
- } else {
- dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED;
- __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, ~0U, portid, nlh);
+ changed = old_flags ^ dev->flags;
+ if (dev->rtnl_link_initializing) {
+ dev->rtnl_link_initializing = false;
+ changed = ~0U;
}
+
+ __dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, changed, portid, nlh);
return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
@@ -3654,7 +3655,7 @@ struct net_device *rtnl_create_link(struct net *net, const char *ifname,
dev_net_set(dev, net);
dev->rtnl_link_ops = ops;
- dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING;
+ dev->rtnl_link_initializing = true;
if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
u32 mtu = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]);