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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/notifier.h | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv4/devinet.c | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/sched/sch_generic.c | 18 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index fa8b47637997..473799698bc8 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -1661,6 +1661,8 @@ extern void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev); extern void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev); +extern void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev); + /** * netif_dormant_on - mark device as dormant. * @dev: network device diff --git a/include/linux/notifier.h b/include/linux/notifier.h index fee6c2f68075..45477f24f1da 100644 --- a/include/linux/notifier.h +++ b/include/linux/notifier.h @@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int ret) #define NETDEV_BONDING_NEWTYPE 0x000F #define NETDEV_POST_INIT 0x0010 #define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 0x0011 +#define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS 0x0012 #define SYS_DOWN 0x0001 /* Notify of system down */ #define SYS_RESTART SYS_DOWN diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index 90e3d6379a42..c12777fc0990 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, } ip_mc_up(in_dev); /* fall through */ + case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS: case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR: /* Send gratuitous ARP to notify of link change */ if (IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev)) { diff --git a/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/net/sched/sch_generic.c index ff4dd53eeff0..2d7ca9e8a404 100644 --- a/net/sched/sch_generic.c +++ b/net/sched/sch_generic.c @@ -325,6 +325,24 @@ void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_carrier_off); +/** + * netif_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev + * @dev: network device + * + * Generate traffic such that interested network peers are aware of + * @dev, such as by generating a gratuitous ARP. This may be used when + * a device wants to inform the rest of the network about some sort of + * reconfiguration such as a failover event or virtual machine + * migration. + */ +void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev) +{ + rtnl_lock(); + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); + rtnl_unlock(); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_notify_peers); + /* "NOOP" scheduler: the best scheduler, recommended for all interfaces under all circumstances. It is difficult to invent anything faster or cheaper. |