1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d4bcdcc68e92..5ace48926b19 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,10 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_policy[IFLA_MAX+1] = {
         [IFLA_LINKINFO]         = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_NET_NS_PID]       = { .type = NLA_U32 },
         [IFLA_NET_NS_FD]        = { .type = NLA_U32 },
-        [IFLA_IFALIAS]          = { .type = NLA_STRING, .len = IFALIASZ-1 },
+        /* IFLA_IFALIAS is a string, but policy is set to NLA_BINARY to
+         * allow 0-length string (needed to remove an alias).
+         */
+        [IFLA_IFALIAS]          = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = IFALIASZ - 1 },
         [IFLA_VFINFO_LIST]      = {. type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_VF_PORTS]         = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
         [IFLA_PORT_SELF]        = { .type = NLA_NESTED },
@@ -2093,7 +2096,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
                                 dev->tx_queue_len = orig_len;
                                 goto errout;
                         }
-                        status |= DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY;
+                        status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                 }
         }
 
@@ -2248,7 +2251,7 @@ static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 errout:
         if (status & DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED) {
-                if (status & DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY)
+                if ((status & DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY) == DO_SETLINK_NOTIFY)
                         netdev_state_change(dev);
 
                 if (err < 0)
@@ -4279,13 +4282,17 @@ static int rtnetlink_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, voi
 
         switch (event) {
         case NETDEV_REBOOT:
+        case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
         case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
         case NETDEV_CHANGENAME:
         case NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE:
         case NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER:
+        case NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE:
         case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
+        case NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER:
         case NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP:
         case NETDEV_CHANGEINFODATA:
+        case NETDEV_CHANGE_TX_QUEUE_LEN:
                 rtmsg_ifinfo_event(RTM_NEWLINK, dev, 0, rtnl_get_event(event),
                                    GFP_KERNEL);
                 break;