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Roopa Prabhu 5025f7f7d5 rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link
rtnl_configure_link sets dev->rtnl_link_state to
RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED and unconditionally calls
__dev_notify_flags to notify user-space of dev flags.

current call sequence for rtnl_configure_link
rtnetlink_newlink
    rtnl_link_ops->newlink
    rtnl_configure_link (unconditionally notifies userspace of
                         default and new dev flags)

If a newlink handler wants to call rtnl_configure_link
early, we will end up with duplicate notifications to
user-space.

This patch fixes rtnl_configure_link to check rtnl_link_state
and call __dev_notify_flags with gchanges = 0 if already
RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED.

Later in the series, this patch will help the following sequence
where a driver implementing newlink can call rtnl_configure_link
to initialize the link early.

makes the following call sequence work:
rtnetlink_newlink
    rtnl_link_ops->newlink (vxlan) -> rtnl_configure_link (initializes
                                                link and notifies
                                                user-space of default
                                                dev flags)
    rtnl_configure_link (updates dev flags if requested by user ifm
                         and notifies user-space of new dev flags)

Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2018-07-22 10:52:37 -07:00
arch bpf, ppc64: fix unexpected r0=0 exit path inside bpf_xadd 2018-07-19 16:08:06 -07:00
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crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-07-19 07:32:44 -07:00
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drivers atl1c: reserve min skb headroom 2018-07-22 10:28:26 -07:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
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Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
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    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
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See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.