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    rtnl: Add support for netdev event to link messages · 3d3ea5af
    Vlad Yasevich authored
    When netdev events happen, a rtnetlink_event() handler will send
    messages for every event in it's white list.  These messages contain
    current information about a particular device, but they do not include
    the iformation about which event just happened.  So, it is impossible
    to tell what just happend for these events.
    
    This patch adds a new extension to RTM_NEWLINK message called IFLA_EVENT
    that would have an encoding of event that triggered this
    message.  This would allow the the message consumer to easily determine
    if it needs to perform certain actions.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarVladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarDavid Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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