MFC r185963 (by csjp in 2008):
Consider processes attaching/detaching from tun(4) devices as being link state changes. This change modifies tunopen and tunclose to call the if_link_state_change() function. Among other things, this will result in devd(8) receiving events from devctl(4) for linkup/link down. This allows us to do several useful things, including initializing tunnel parameters and adding routes. Discussed on: freebsd-net