From: David Ahern Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:02:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for CHANGEADDR event X-Git-Url: http://git.maquefel.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd8966e75ed3c6b41a37047a904617bc44fa481f;p=linux.git rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for CHANGEADDR event Changing hardware address generates redundant messages: [LINK]11: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff [LINK]11: dummy1: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Do not send a notification for the CHANGEADDR notifier. Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 58722bf10d504..574f9b79919aa 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -4117,7 +4117,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi switch (event) { case NETDEV_REBOOT: - case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR: case NETDEV_CHANGENAME: case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE: case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER: