return 0;
 }
 
+#define DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED    0x01
 static int do_setlink(const struct sk_buff *skb,
                      struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
-                     struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int modified)
+                     struct nlattr **tb, char *ifname, int status)
 {
        const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
        int err;
                put_net(net);
                if (err)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_MAP]) {
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
 
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_ADDRESS]) {
                kfree(sa);
                if (err)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_MTU]) {
                err = dev_set_mtu(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MTU]));
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_GROUP]) {
                dev_set_group(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_GROUP]));
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        /*
                err = dev_change_name(dev, ifname);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]) {
                                    nla_len(tb[IFLA_IFALIAS]));
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_BROADCAST]) {
                err = do_set_master(dev, nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_MASTER]));
                if (err)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_CARRIER]) {
                err = dev_change_carrier(dev, nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_CARRIER]));
                if (err)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]) {
                unsigned long value = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_TXQLEN]);
 
                if (dev->tx_queue_len ^ value)
-                       modified = 1;
+                       status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
 
                dev->tx_queue_len = value;
        }
 
                write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
                if (dev->link_mode ^ value)
-                       modified = 1;
+                       status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                dev->link_mode = value;
                write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
        }
                        err = do_setvfinfo(dev, attr);
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto errout;
-                       modified = 1;
+                       status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                }
        }
        err = 0;
                        err = ops->ndo_set_vf_port(dev, vf, port);
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto errout;
-                       modified = 1;
+                       status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                }
        }
        err = 0;
                        err = ops->ndo_set_vf_port(dev, PORT_SELF_VF, port);
                if (err < 0)
                        goto errout;
-               modified = 1;
+               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
        }
 
        if (tb[IFLA_AF_SPEC]) {
                        if (err < 0)
                                goto errout;
 
-                       modified = 1;
+                       status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                }
        }
        err = 0;
 
 errout:
-       if (err < 0 && modified)
+       if (err < 0 && status & DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED)
                net_warn_ratelimited("A link change request failed with some changes committed already. Interface %s may have been left with an inconsistent configuration, please check.\n",
                                     dev->name);
 
                }
 
                if (dev) {
-                       int modified = 0;
+                       int status = 0;
 
                        if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL)
                                return -EEXIST;
                                err = ops->changelink(dev, tb, data);
                                if (err < 0)
                                        return err;
-                               modified = 1;
+                               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                        }
 
                        if (linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_SLAVE_DATA]) {
                                                              tb, slave_data);
                                if (err < 0)
                                        return err;
-                               modified = 1;
+                               status |= DO_SETLINK_MODIFIED;
                        }
 
-                       return do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, ifname, modified);
+                       return do_setlink(skb, dev, ifm, tb, ifname, status);
                }
 
                if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_CREATE)) {