This series came out of the conversation that started as a result my first attempt to add netdevice event info to netlink messages.
This series converts event processing to a 'white list', where we explicitely permit events to generate netlink messages. This is meant to make people take a closer look and determine wheter these events should really trigger netlink messages. I am also adding a V2 of my patch to add event type to the netlink message. This version supports all events that we currently generate. I will also update my patch to iproute that will show this data through 'ip monitor'. I actually need the ability to trap NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS event (as well as possible NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP) to support hanlding of macvtap on top of bonding. I hope others will also find this info usefull. Vladislav Yasevich (2): rtnetlink: Convert rtnetlink_event to white list rtnl: Add support for netdev event to link messages include/linux/rtnetlink.h | 3 +- include/uapi/linux/if_link.h | 19 ++++++++ net/core/dev.c | 2 +- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 113 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4
