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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-05-14 21:35:09 +0200
committerArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2012-05-14 21:35:09 +0200
commit86e43a7aff23ce828273cbef6b0d2b0abe095ac8 (patch)
treee49b55bd229fe8d77831ef11e218ed7dda3e991b /net/core/dev.c
parent6ec4ed82e9cf2ee5c83fd529af69b2c63b004809 (diff)
parentace1297f7222ec5d6a33f41e792a21e999551924 (diff)
Merge branch 'dt' of git://github.com/hzhuang1/linux into next/dt
* 'dt' of git://github.com/hzhuang1/linux: Documentation: update docs for mmp dt ARM: dts: refresh dts file for arch mmp ARM: mmp: support pxa910 with device tree ARM: mmp: support mmp2 with device tree gpio: pxa: parse gpio from DTS file ARM: mmp: support DT in timer ARM: mmp: support DT in irq ARM: mmp: append CONFIG_MACH_MMP2_DT ARM: mmp: fix build issue on mmp with device tree Includes an update to v3-4-rc5 Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c25d453b2803..9bb8f87c4cda 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1409,14 +1409,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice_notifier);
* register_netdevice_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
* kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
* is returned on a failure.
+ *
+ * After unregistering unregister and down device events are synthesized
+ * for all devices on the device list to the removed notifier to remove
+ * the need for special case cleanup code.
*/
int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
+ struct net_device *dev;
+ struct net *net;
int err;
rtnl_lock();
err = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
+ if (err)
+ goto unlock;
+
+ for_each_net(net) {
+ for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_GOING_DOWN, dev);
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
+ }
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH, dev);
+ }
+ }
+unlock:
rtnl_unlock();
return err;
}