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authorMatan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com>2015-07-30 18:33:23 +0300
committerDoug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>2015-08-30 18:08:49 -0400
commit816dd19b3d191da88bc034fb85e21ed09a3ed320 (patch)
treeb8f18f4a063ce9af87ef30dba11a8f33bd469d97
parentnet/ipv6: Export addrconf_ifid_eui48 (diff)
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net: Add info for NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER event
Some consumers of NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER event would like to know which upper device was linked/unlinked and what operation was carried. Add information in the notifier info block for that purpose. Signed-off-by: Matan Barak <matanb@mellanox.com> Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h14
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c12
2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e20979dfd6a9..2b7fe4e3146a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3556,6 +3556,20 @@ struct sk_buff *__skb_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
struct sk_buff *skb_mac_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb,
netdev_features_t features);
+enum netdev_changeupper_event {
+ NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER_LINK,
+ NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER_UNLINK,
+};
+
+struct netdev_changeupper_info {
+ struct netdev_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
+ enum netdev_changeupper_event event;
+ struct net_device *upper;
+};
+
+void netdev_changeupper_info_change(struct net_device *dev,
+ struct netdev_changeupper_info *info);
+
struct netdev_bonding_info {
ifslave slave;
ifbond master;
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a8e4dd430285..6e6f14e5d44f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -5302,6 +5302,7 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
void *private)
{
struct netdev_adjacent *i, *j, *to_i, *to_j;
+ struct netdev_changeupper_info changeupper_info;
int ret = 0;
ASSERT_RTNL();
@@ -5357,7 +5358,10 @@ static int __netdev_upper_dev_link(struct net_device *dev,
goto rollback_lower_mesh;
}
- call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev);
+ changeupper_info.event = NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER_LINK;
+ changeupper_info.upper = upper_dev;
+ call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev,
+ &changeupper_info.info);
return 0;
rollback_lower_mesh:
@@ -5453,6 +5457,7 @@ void netdev_upper_dev_unlink(struct net_device *dev,
struct net_device *upper_dev)
{
struct netdev_adjacent *i, *j;
+ struct netdev_changeupper_info changeupper_info;
ASSERT_RTNL();
__netdev_adjacent_dev_unlink_neighbour(dev, upper_dev);
@@ -5474,7 +5479,10 @@ void netdev_upper_dev_unlink(struct net_device *dev,
list_for_each_entry(i, &upper_dev->all_adj_list.upper, list)
__netdev_adjacent_dev_unlink(dev, i->dev);
- call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev);
+ changeupper_info.event = NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER_UNLINK;
+ changeupper_info.upper = upper_dev;
+ call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGEUPPER, dev,
+ &changeupper_info.info);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_upper_dev_unlink);