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David S. Miller a2f1483b91 Merge branch 'vxlan-fix-default-fdb-entry-user-space-notify-ordering-race'
Roopa Prabhu says:

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vxlan: fix default fdb entry user-space notify ordering/race

Problem:
In vxlan_newlink, a default fdb entry is added before register_netdev.
The default fdb creation function notifies user-space of the
fdb entry on the vxlan device which user-space does not know about yet.
(RTM_NEWNEIGH goes before RTM_NEWLINK for the same ifindex).

This series fixes the user-space netlink notification ordering issue
with the following changes:
- decouple fdb notify from fdb create.
- Move fdb notify after register_netdev.
- modify rtnl_configure_link to allow configuring a link early.
- Call rtnl_configure_link in vxlan newlink handler to notify
userspace about the newlink before fdb notify and
hence avoiding the user-space race.
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Fixes: afbd8bae9c ("vxlan: add implicit fdb entry for default destination")
Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
2018-07-07 20:20:46 +09:00
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