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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 net] ethtool: netlink: add missing netdev_features_change() call
On Sun, Nov 08, 2020 at 12:46:15AM +0000, Alexander Lobakin wrote:
> After updating userspace Ethtool from 5.7 to 5.9, I noticed that
> NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE is no more raised when changing netdev features
> through Ethtool.
> That's because the old Ethtool ioctl interface always calls
> netdev_features_change() at the end of user request processing to
> inform the kernel that our netdevice has some features changed, but
> the new Netlink interface does not. Instead, it just notifies itself
> with ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF.
> Replace this ethtool_notify() call with netdev_features_change(), so
> the kernel will be aware of any features changes, just like in case
> with the ioctl interface. This does not omit Ethtool notifications,
> as Ethtool itself listens to NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE and drops
> ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF on it
> (net/ethtool/netlink.c:ethnl_netdev_event()).
>
> From v1 [1]:
> - dropped extra new line as advised by Jakub;
> - no functional changes.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/AlZXQ2o5uuTVHCfNGOiGgJ8vJ3KgO5YIWAnQjH0cDE@cp3-web-009.plabs.ch
>
> Fixes: 0980bfcd6954 ("ethtool: set netdev features with FEATURES_SET request")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@pm.me>

Reviewed-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>

> ---
> net/ethtool/features.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/ethtool/features.c b/net/ethtool/features.c
> index 8ee4cdbd6b82..1c9f4df273bd 100644
> --- a/net/ethtool/features.c
> +++ b/net/ethtool/features.c
> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ int ethnl_set_features(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
> active_diff_mask, compact);
> }
> if (mod)
> - ethtool_notify(dev, ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF, NULL);
> + netdev_features_change(dev);
>
> out_rtnl:
> rtnl_unlock();
> --
> 2.29.2
>
>
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