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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5a7f20f78574..26090621ea6b 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2577,7 +2577,7 @@ unsigned dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *dev)
int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
{
- int ret;
+ int ret, changes;
int old_flags = dev->flags;
/*
@@ -2632,8 +2632,10 @@ int dev_change_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned flags)
dev_set_allmulti(dev, inc);
}
- if (old_flags ^ dev->flags)
- rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, old_flags ^ dev->flags);
+ /* Exclude state transition flags, already notified */
+ changes = (old_flags ^ dev->flags) & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING);
+ if (changes)
+ rtmsg_ifinfo(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, changes);
return ret;
}