From 53385d2d1de84f4036a0919ec46964c4e81b83f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Gilligan Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 13:39:56 -0800 Subject: neigh: Netlink notification for administrative NUD state change The neighbour code sends up an RTM_NEWNEIGH netlink notification if the NUD state of a neighbour cache entry is changed by a timer (e.g. from REACHABLE to STALE), even if the lladdr of the entry has not changed. But an administrative change to the the NUD state of a neighbour cache entry that does not change the lladdr (e.g. via "ip -4 neigh change ... nud ...") does not trigger a netlink notification. This means that netlink listeners will not hear about administrative NUD state changes such as from a resolved state to PERMANENT. This patch changes the neighbor code to generate an RTM_NEWNEIGH message when the NUD state of an entry is changed administratively. Signed-off-by: Bob Gilligan Acked-by: Nicolas Dichtel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/neighbour.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'net/core') diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c index ca15f32821fb..36b1443f9ae4 100644 --- a/net/core/neighbour.c +++ b/net/core/neighbour.c @@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ int neigh_update(struct neighbour *neigh, const u8 *lladdr, u8 new, neigh->parms->reachable_time : 0))); neigh->nud_state = new; + notify = 1; } if (lladdr != neigh->ha) { -- cgit v1.2.3