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

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

[mcbirnie.l]

From: Liam McBirnie <liam.mcbirnie@boeing.com>

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 netlink notification is sent showing that the link has been
set up.

This commit was part of a series of commits which fixed the ordering
of netlink notifications for vxlans.
Reverting this commit preserves the ordering but adds another
RTM_NEWLINK notification to the end.

Signed-off-by: Liam McBirnie <liam.mcbirnie@boeing.com>
---
 net/core/rtnetlink.c | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 60c928894a78..3bd5455a1cb1 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2809,12 +2809,9 @@ int rtnl_configure_link(struct net_device *dev, const struct ifinfomsg *ifm)
 			return err;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->rtnl_link_state == RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED) {
-		__dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, 0U);
-	} else {
-		dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED;
-		__dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, ~0U);
-	}
+	dev->rtnl_link_state = RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED;
+
+	__dev_notify_flags(dev, old_flags, ~0U);
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_configure_link);
-- 
2.14.3

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

[mcbirnie.l]

From: Liam McBirnie <liam.mcbirnie@boeing.com>

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