Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] netlink: ignore IFLA_WIRELESS events

2021-04-03 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 3/4/21 4:32 PM, Michal Kazior wrote: > From: Michal Kazior > > Some older wireless drivers - ones relying on the > old and long deprecated wireless extension ioctl > system - can generate quite a bit of IFLA_WIRELESS > events depending on their configuration and > runtime conditions. These are

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] netlink: ignore IFLA_WIRELESS events

2021-04-02 Thread MichaƂ Kazior
On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 at 21:17, Ilya Maximets wrote: > On 3/4/21 4:32 PM, Michal Kazior wrote: [...] > It's unclear why we need to check inside these functions. > I mean, there is only one place where these functions called > and there is no any useful work done there beside calling them. > I think,

Re: [ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] netlink: ignore IFLA_WIRELESS events

2021-04-01 Thread Ilya Maximets
On 3/4/21 4:32 PM, Michal Kazior wrote: > From: Michal Kazior > > Some older wireless drivers - ones relying on the > old and long deprecated wireless extension ioctl > system - can generate quite a bit of IFLA_WIRELESS > events depending on their configuration and > runtime conditions. These are

[ovs-dev] [PATCH v4] netlink: ignore IFLA_WIRELESS events

2021-03-04 Thread Michal Kazior
From: Michal Kazior Some older wireless drivers - ones relying on the old and long deprecated wireless extension ioctl system - can generate quite a bit of IFLA_WIRELESS events depending on their configuration and runtime conditions. These are delivered as RTNLGRP_LINK via RTM_NEWLINK messages.