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[net-next,v2,3/8] rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for CHANGEADDR event

Message ID 1491955367-12443-4-git-send-email-dsa@cumulusnetworks.com
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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David Ahern April 12, 2017, 12:02 a.m. UTC
Changing hardware address generates redundant messages:

[LINK]11: dummy1: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> 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: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> 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 <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
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 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
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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: