From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:53:21 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: ip link: Drop cache entry on any changes
X-Git-Tag: v5.1.0~27^2~9
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=db1aafd883262752304064a5afc06b41417d5c84;p=thirdparty%2Fiproute2.git

ip link: Drop cache entry on any changes

Remove any entry from the link cache when the link is modified.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
---

diff --git a/ip/iplink.c b/ip/iplink.c
index 3a0cf4595..5a3c9613c 100644
--- a/ip/iplink.c
+++ b/ip/iplink.c
@@ -1083,6 +1083,9 @@ static int iplink_modify(int cmd, unsigned int flags, int argc, char **argv)
 	if (rtnl_talk(&rth, &req.n, NULL) < 0)
 		return -2;
 
+	/* remove device from cache; next use can refresh with new data */
+	ll_drop_by_index(req.i.ifi_index);
+
 	return 0;
 }