[SSSD] [PATCH] libnl integration improvements

Stephen Gallagher sgallagh at redhat.com
Tue Sep 6 18:40:29 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-09-06 at 12:50 +0200, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> [PATCH 1/3] Change libnl monitor callback to only signal going online
> The feature to signal going offline was not used and would probably
> never be used, because it is much safer to rely on online actions to time
> out. Moreover, it would make implementing the new features more complex.
> 
> [PATCH 2/3] Discard carrier messages from non-ethernet devices
> IFF_LOWER_UP has no meaning for wireless interfaces, it can mean that an
> association has been made with an access point, but it does not mean
> that an addressing has been completed. 
> 
> Using IFF_LOWER_UP meant that we were generating spurious "go online"
> messages.
> 
> This patch discards "carrier up" messages from interfaces that do not
> look like ethernet devices, be it wifi, PPP, WIMAX, ...
> 
> [PATCH 3/3] Subscribe to netlink route and addr messages
> https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/955
> 
> In addition to carrier up messages, also subscribe to any messages
> describing that an address has been added or removed or routing table
> changed.

Ack and pushed to master,
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