[PATCH 1/1] dev_change_net_namespace: send a KOBJ_REMOVED to original netns

[Serge Hallyn]

v2: also send KOBJ_ADD to new netns.  There will then be a
_MOVE event from the device_rename() call, but that should
be innocuous.

Signed-off-by: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn at canonical.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index e2215ee..2c43aaf 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -6172,6 +6172,9 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
 	dev_uc_flush(dev);
 	dev_mc_flush(dev);
 
+	/* Send a netdev-removed uevent to the old namespace */
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
+
 	/* Actually switch the network namespace */
 	dev_net_set(dev, net);
 
@@ -6183,6 +6186,9 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net, const char
 			dev->iflink = dev->ifindex;
 	}
 
+	/* Send a netdev-add uevent to the new namespace */
+	kobject_uevent(&dev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+
 	/* Fixup kobjects */
 	err = device_rename(&dev->dev, dev->name);
 	WARN_ON(err);
-- 
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