On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Roopa Prabhu <ro...@cumulusnetworks.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Hemminger > <step...@networkplumber.org> wrote: >> >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:04:37 +0000 >> From: bugzilla-dae...@bugzilla.kernel.org >> To: step...@networkplumber.org >> Subject: [Bug 201071] New: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not give >> proper RTM_NEWLINK message >> >> >> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201071 >> >> Bug ID: 201071 >> Summary: Creating a vxlan in state 'up' does not give proper >> RTM_NEWLINK message >> Product: Networking >> Version: 2.5 >> Kernel Version: 4.19-rc1 >> Hardware: All >> OS: Linux >> Tree: Mainline >> Status: NEW >> Severity: normal >> Priority: P1 >> Component: Other >> Assignee: step...@networkplumber.org >> Reporter: liam.mcbir...@boeing.com >> Regression: Yes >> >> If a vxlan is created with state 'up', the RTM_NEWLINK message shows the >> state >> as down, and there no other netlink messages are sent. >> As a result, processes listening to netlink are never notified that the vxlan >> link is up. > > thanks for the fwd. looking... > >
attached a patch to the bug. Will post it here after some confirmation of the fix from the reporter.
