From 11dc1f36a6701b502ecb695f308aae46ede8bac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 16:00:12 -0700 Subject: [BRIDGE]: netlink interface for link management Add basic netlink support to the Ethernet bridge. Including: * dump interfaces in bridges * monitor link status changes * change state of bridge port For some demo programs see: http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/brnl.tar.gz These are to allow building a daemon that does alternative implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/bridge/br_stp_if.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/bridge/br_stp_if.c') diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c index 23dea1422c9a..14cd025079af 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "br_private.h" #include "br_private_stp.h" @@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ void br_stp_disable_bridge(struct net_bridge *br) void br_stp_enable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p) { br_init_port(p); + br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p); br_port_state_selection(p->br); } @@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ void br_stp_disable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p) printk(KERN_INFO "%s: port %i(%s) entering %s state\n", br->dev->name, p->port_no, p->dev->name, "disabled"); + br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_DELLINK, p); + wasroot = br_is_root_bridge(br); br_become_designated_port(p); p->state = BR_STATE_DISABLED; -- cgit v1.2.3