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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 29 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 83988362805..088923fe406 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1109,11 +1109,23 @@ void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change); -int netdev_bonding_change(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event) +/** + * netdev_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 netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev) { - return call_netdevice_notifiers(event, dev); + rtnl_lock(); + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); + rtnl_unlock(); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_bonding_change); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_notify_peers); /** * dev_load - load a network module @@ -5236,12 +5248,12 @@ int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg) */ static int dev_new_index(struct net *net) { - static int ifindex; + int ifindex = net->ifindex; for (;;) { if (++ifindex <= 0) ifindex = 1; if (!__dev_get_by_index(net, ifindex)) - return ifindex; + return net->ifindex = ifindex; } } @@ -5594,7 +5606,12 @@ int register_netdevice(struct net_device *dev) } } - dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); + ret = -EBUSY; + if (!dev->ifindex) + dev->ifindex = dev_new_index(net); + else if (__dev_get_by_index(net, dev->ifindex)) + goto err_uninit; + if (dev->iflink == -1) dev->iflink = dev->ifindex; |