@@ -3071,10 +3071,19 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
"Linktype set failed because interface is up\n");
ret = -EBUSY;
} else {
+ ret = call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE,
+ tun->dev);
+ ret = notifier_to_errno(err);
+ if (ret) {
+ netif_info(tun, drv, tun->dev,
+ "Refused to change device type\n");
+ break;
+ }
tun->dev->type = (int) arg;
netif_info(tun, drv, tun->dev, "linktype set to %d\n",
tun->dev->type);
- ret = 0;
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE,
+ tun->dev);
}
break;
Call netdev notifiers before and after changing the device type. Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de> --- Changes to v3: * Handle return value of call_netdevice_notifiers() Changes to v2: * Use subject_prefix 'net-next' to fix 'fixes_present' issue Changes to v1: * Fix 'subject_prefix' and 'checkpatch' warnings --- drivers/net/tun.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)