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| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 5a7f20f78574..26090621ea6b 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev) int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags) { - int ret; + int ret, changes; int old_flags = dev->flags; /* @@ -2632,8 +2632,10 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags) dev_set_allmulti(dev, inc); } - if (old_flags ^ dev->flags) - rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, old_flags ^ dev->flags); + /* Exclude state transition flags, already notified */ + changes = (old_flags ^ dev->flags) & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING); + if (changes) + rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, changes); return ret; } |
