[BRIDGE]: netlink interface for link management
Add basic netlink support to the Ethernet bridge. Including:
* dump interfaces in bridges
* monitor link status changes
* change state of bridge port
For some demo programs see:
http://developer.osdl.org/shemminger/prototypes/brnl.tar.gz
These are to allow building a daemon that does alternative
implementations of Spanning Tree Protocol.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
index 558d272..654401c 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
if (err)
goto err_out2;
+ br_netlink_init();
brioctl_set(br_ioctl_deviceless_stub);
br_handle_frame_hook = br_handle_frame;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@
{
rcu_assign_pointer(br_stp_sap->rcv_func, NULL);
+ br_netlink_fini();
br_netfilter_fini();
unregister_netdevice_notifier(&br_device_notifier);
brioctl_set(NULL);