From: Thomas Graf Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:40:04 +0000 (-0700) Subject: ipv4 addr: Send netlink notification for address label changes X-Git-Tag: v2.6.27-rc1~969^2~332 X-Git-Url: http://pilppa.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=573bf470e693f73a6ac437b17a64a10902ba54bf;p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git ipv4 addr: Send netlink notification for address label changes Makes people happy who try to keep a list of addresses up to date by listening to notifications. Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index 79a7ef6209f..61011e1d580 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ static void inetdev_changename(struct net_device *dev, struct in_device *in_dev) memcpy(old, ifa->ifa_label, IFNAMSIZ); memcpy(ifa->ifa_label, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ); if (named++ == 0) - continue; + goto skip; dot = strchr(old, ':'); if (dot == NULL) { sprintf(old, ":%d", named); @@ -1024,6 +1024,8 @@ static void inetdev_changename(struct net_device *dev, struct in_device *in_dev) } else { strcpy(ifa->ifa_label + (IFNAMSIZ - strlen(dot) - 1), dot); } +skip: + rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa, NULL, 0); } }