Messages in this thread | | | From | Haiyang Zhang <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add handler for RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE event | Date | Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:03:31 +0000 |
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Vitaly Kuznetsov [mailto:vkuznets@redhat.com] > Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 6:56 AM > To: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> > Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard.weinberger@gmail.com>; David Miller > <davem@davemloft.net>; olaf@aepfle.de; jasowang@redhat.com; driverdev- > devel@linuxdriverproject.org; LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; > netdev@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add handler for > RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE event > > Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> writes: > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Richard Weinberger [mailto:richard.weinberger@gmail.com] > >> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 6:36 PM > >> To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > >> Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>; olaf@aepfle.de; Greg > Kroah- > >> Hartman <greg@kroah.com>; netdev@vger.kernel.org; jasowang@redhat.com; > >> driverdev-devel@linuxdriverproject.org; LKML <linux- > >> kernel@vger.kernel.org> > >> Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] hyperv: Add handler for > >> RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE event > >> > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 10:10 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> > >> wrote: > >> > From: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com> > >> > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 16:09:59 +0000 > >> > > >> >> So, what's the equivalent or similar command to "network restart" > on > >> SLES12? Could > >> >> you update the command line for the usermodehelper when porting > this > >> patch to SLES > >> >> 12? > >> > > >> > No, you are not going to keep the usermodehelper invocation in your > >> driver > >> > please remove it. It is absolutely inappropriate, and I strictly > do > >> not want > >> > to keep it in there because other people will copy it and then > we'll > >> have a > >> > real mess on our hands. > >> > >> Sorry for digging up this old thread. > >> While talking with some guys about usermodehelper abuses I came > across > >> this gem. > >> Mainline still contains that "/etc/init.d/network restart" code. > >> Haiyang, care to cleanup? > > > > Hi Richard and others, > > > > Thanks for the reminder. I will clean up the usermode helper. > > > > Do you have suggestions of trigger DHCP refresh from kernel mode? Any > > sample code in the existing kernel code? > > > > I think it's wrong to call dhcp refresh from kernel. What happens when > we reconnect normal hardware adapter to another network? Link goes down > and then up and userspace is supposed to react accordingly. I think we > should emulate something similar for RNDIS_STATUS_NETWORK_CHANGE.
When link is down physically for a few seconds, the DHCP will automatically refresh. I will add code to emulate this. There were some discussions around this and other possibilities previously... I agree emulating what happens with physically plug/unplug a cable is a reasonable way to trigger the DHCP refresh.
Thanks, - Haiyang
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