From ee89bab14e857678f83a71ee99e575b0fdbb58d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Amerigo Wang Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 22:14:56 +0000 Subject: net: move and rename netif_notify_peers() I believe net/core/dev.c is a better place for netif_notify_peers(), because other net event notify functions also stay in this file. And rename it to netdev_notify_peers(). Cc: David S. Miller Cc: Ian Campbell Signed-off-by: Cong Wang Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/dev.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'net/core/dev.c') diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 1f06df8d10a..5defcf94000 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1106,6 +1106,24 @@ void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change); +/** + * netdev_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 netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev) +{ + rtnl_lock(); + call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev); + rtnl_unlock(); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_notify_peers); + int netdev_bonding_change(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event) { return call_netdevice_notifiers(event, dev); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2