From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mga04.intel.com (mga04.intel.com [192.55.52.120]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5430E1396 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:10:21 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=intel; t=1490191821; x=1521727821; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:references: in-reply-to:content-id:content-transfer-encoding: mime-version; bh=kz7aEcuzT/tThU84s0wt+GF4fzLMrduaa3X7+DIUMzQ=; b=wSq2udZ9xzjP9OWFKj6LT5x7JYcDbirOftKOQCBEJkT0OFRNRxWCK/s4 DL7EyhAGYgaM5v9h2Ytf6Aw7DiTRaQ==; Received: from fmsmga005.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.32]) by fmsmga104.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Mar 2017 07:10:20 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.36,205,1486454400"; d="scan'208";a="79413316" Received: from fmsmsx107.amr.corp.intel.com ([10.18.124.205]) by fmsmga005.fm.intel.com with ESMTP; 22 Mar 2017 07:10:19 -0700 Received: from fmsmsx113.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.13.175]) by fmsmsx107.amr.corp.intel.com ([169.254.6.62]) with mapi id 14.03.0319.002; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 07:10:19 -0700 From: "Wiles, Keith" To: Pascal Mazon CC: "dev@dpdk.org" Thread-Topic: [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: add link status notification Thread-Index: AQHSougE0LllVAt5M0as1AvbpbetOqGhW5oA Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:10:19 +0000 Message-ID: <9FA39FDD-8F1D-480D-8CCD-2971BA24C842@intel.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.255.84.105] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <669712208202ED459726DE5CA0446258@intel.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] net/tap: add link status notification X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:10:21 -0000 > On Mar 22, 2017, at 3:40 AM, Pascal Mazon wrote: >=20 > As tap is a virtual device, there's no physical way a link can be cut. > However, it has an associated kernel netdevice and possibly a remote > netdevice too. These netdevices link status may change outside of the > DPDK scope, through an external command such as: >=20 > ip link set dev tapX down >=20 > This commit implements link status notification through netlink. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Pascal Mazon Acked-by: Keith Wiles Regards, Keith