@@ -1560,6 +1560,8 @@ extern void netif_carrier_on(struct net_
extern void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev);
+extern void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev);
+
/**
* netif_dormant_on - mark device as dormant.
* @dev: network device
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int
#define NETDEV_PRE_UP 0x000D
#define NETDEV_BONDING_OLDTYPE 0x000E
#define NETDEV_BONDING_NEWTYPE 0x000F
+#define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS 0x0012
#define SYS_DOWN 0x0001 /* Notify of system down */
#define SYS_RESTART SYS_DOWN
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier
}
ip_mc_up(in_dev);
/* fall through */
+ case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
/* Send gratuitous ARP to notify of link change */
if (IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev)) {
@@ -330,6 +330,24 @@ void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_carrier_off);
+/**
+ * netif_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 netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ rtnl_lock();
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev);
+ rtnl_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_notify_peers);
+
/* "NOOP" scheduler: the best scheduler, recommended for all interfaces
under all circumstances. It is difficult to invent anything faster or
cheaper.