Re: [PATCH net] Revert "rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link"

2018-09-12 Thread mcbirnie . l
From: Liam McBirnie Please reject this patch. The author of the original commit is working on a better patch. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201071

[PATCH net] Revert "rtnetlink: add rtnl_link_state check in rtnl_configure_link"

2018-09-11 Thread mcbirnie . l
From: Liam McBirnie This reverts commit 8d356b89f36d234a56434a110ae779e8ac389ca2. This commit was intended to remove duplicate RTM_NEWLINK notifications by only sending the notification if the link hadn't been initialized. However, if a vxlan is created and set up with the same message, then no