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-rw-r--r--include/linux/netdevice.h4
-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c19
-rw-r--r--net/core/failover.c6
3 files changed, 6 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index d45713a06568..4be87b89e481 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1650,7 +1650,6 @@ struct net_device_ops {
* @IFF_FAILOVER: device is a failover master device
* @IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE: device is lower dev of a failover master device
* @IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER: only invoke the rx handler of L3 master device
- * @IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK: rename is allowed while device is up and running
* @IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR: device/driver is capable of xmitting frames with
* skb_headlen(skb) == 0 (data starts from frag0)
* @IFF_CHANGE_PROTO_DOWN: device supports setting carrier via IFLA_PROTO_DOWN
@@ -1686,7 +1685,7 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
IFF_FAILOVER = 1<<27,
IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE = 1<<28,
IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER = 1<<29,
- IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK = 1<<30,
+ /* was IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK */
IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR = BIT_ULL(31),
IFF_CHANGE_PROTO_DOWN = BIT_ULL(32),
};
@@ -1721,7 +1720,6 @@ enum netdev_priv_flags {
#define IFF_FAILOVER IFF_FAILOVER
#define IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE
#define IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER IFF_L3MDEV_RX_HANDLER
-#define IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK
#define IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR IFF_TX_SKB_NO_LINEAR
/* Specifies the type of the struct net_device::ml_priv pointer */
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 3bacee3bee78..707de6b841d0 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1163,22 +1163,6 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
net = dev_net(dev);
- /* Some auto-enslaved devices e.g. failover slaves are
- * special, as userspace might rename the device after
- * the interface had been brought up and running since
- * the point kernel initiated auto-enslavement. Allow
- * live name change even when these slave devices are
- * up and running.
- *
- * Typically, users of these auto-enslaving devices
- * don't actually care about slave name change, as
- * they are supposed to operate on master interface
- * directly.
- */
- if (dev->flags & IFF_UP &&
- likely(!(dev->priv_flags & IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK)))
- return -EBUSY;
-
down_write(&devnet_rename_sem);
if (strncmp(newname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ) == 0) {
@@ -1195,7 +1179,8 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *dev, const char *newname)
}
if (oldname[0] && !strchr(oldname, '%'))
- netdev_info(dev, "renamed from %s\n", oldname);
+ netdev_info(dev, "renamed from %s%s\n", oldname,
+ dev->flags & IFF_UP ? " (while UP)" : "");
old_assign_type = dev->name_assign_type;
dev->name_assign_type = NET_NAME_RENAMED;
diff --git a/net/core/failover.c b/net/core/failover.c
index 864d2d83eff4..655411c4ca51 100644
--- a/net/core/failover.c
+++ b/net/core/failover.c
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ static int failover_slave_register(struct net_device *slave_dev)
goto err_upper_link;
}
- slave_dev->priv_flags |= (IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK);
+ slave_dev->priv_flags |= IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
if (fops && fops->slave_register &&
!fops->slave_register(slave_dev, failover_dev))
return NOTIFY_OK;
netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, failover_dev);
- slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK);
+ slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
err_upper_link:
netdev_rx_handler_unregister(slave_dev);
done:
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ int failover_slave_unregister(struct net_device *slave_dev)
netdev_rx_handler_unregister(slave_dev);
netdev_upper_dev_unlink(slave_dev, failover_dev);
- slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~(IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE | IFF_LIVE_RENAME_OK);
+ slave_dev->priv_flags &= ~IFF_FAILOVER_SLAVE;
if (fops && fops->slave_unregister &&
!fops->slave_unregister(slave_dev, failover_dev))