[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 <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
index 23dea14..14cd025 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_stp_if.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include "br_private.h"
#include "br_private_stp.h"
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@
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 @@
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;