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rtnetlink: Do not generate notifications for CHANGEADDR event 

Changing hardware address generates redundant messages:

[LINK]11: dummy1: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
    link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

[LINK]11: dummy1: <BROADCAST,NOARP,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default
    link/ether 02:02:02:02:02:02 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Do not send a notification for the CHANGEADDR notifier.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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David Ahern 2017-04-11 17:02:42 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
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@ -4117,7 +4117,6 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
switch (event) {
case NETDEV_REBOOT:
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER: