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Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/dev.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/core/dev.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index a46334906c94..8fa739259041 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1457,6 +1457,25 @@ void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev) EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change); /** + * __netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev, + * to be called when rtnl lock is already held. + * @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) +{ + ASSERT_RTNL(); + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, dev); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_notify_peers); + +/** * netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev * @dev: network device * @@ -1469,8 +1488,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change); void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev) { rtnl_lock(); - call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); - call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, dev); + __netdev_notify_peers(dev); rtnl_unlock(); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_notify_peers); |