Use new netdevice notifier infrastructure to pass along changed flags.
Signed-off-by: Timo Teräs <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
---
include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 +++++
net/core/dev.c | 9 +++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 153127b..38dae4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1602,6 +1602,11 @@ struct netdevice_notifier_info {
struct net_device *dev;
};
+struct netdevice_notifier_change_info {
+ struct netdevice_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
+ unsigned int flags_changed;
+};
+
static inline struct net_device *
get_netdevice_notifier_info_dev(const struct netdevice_notifier_info *info)
{diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 9a891e0..77f1653 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4778,8 +4778,13 @@ void __dev_notify_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_flags)
}
if (dev->flags & IFF_UP &&
- (changes & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_VOLATILE)))
- call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev);
+ (changes & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_VOLATILE))) {
+ struct netdevice_notifier_change_info change_info;
+
+ change_info.flags_changed = changes;
+ call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev,
+ &change_info.info);
+ }
}
/**--
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