@@ -4547,6 +4547,7 @@ void __dev_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev);
int dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
int dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev);
+void __netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev);
void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev);
void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
/* Load a device via the kmod */
@@ -1456,6 +1456,25 @@ 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);
There are some use cases for netdev_notify_peers in the context when rtnl lock is already held. Introduce lockless version of netdev_notify_peers call to save the extra code to call call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, dev); After that, convert netdev_notify_peers to call the new helper. Suggested-by: Nathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <ljp@linux.ibm.com> --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 + net/core/dev.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)