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author | Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> | 2010-02-26 06:34:53 +0000 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-27 02:43:40 -0800 |
commit | bd38081160bb3d036db98472e537b6a7dd4da51a (patch) | |
tree | 26af1cae5e2dda3269da6f812586e93954582d54 /include/net | |
parent | a2835763e130c343ace5320c20d33c281e7097b7 (diff) |
dev: support deferring device flag change notifications
Split dev_change_flags() into two functions: __dev_change_flags() to
perform the actual changes and __dev_notify_flags() to invoke netdevice
notifiers. This will be used by rtnl_link to defer netlink notifications
until the device has been fully configured.
This changes ordering of some operations, in particular:
- netlink notifications are sent after all changes have been performed.
As a side effect this surpresses one unnecessary netlink message when
the IFF_UP and other flags are changed simultaneously.
- The NETDEV_UP/NETDEV_DOWN and NETDEV_CHANGE notifiers are invoked
after all changes have been performed. Their relative is unchanged.
- net_dmaengine_put() is invoked before the NETDEV_DOWN notifier instead
of afterwards. This should not make any difference since both RX and TX
are already shut down at this point.
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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