linux-kernel - [RFC] Arp announce (for Xen)

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Message-ID: <20070301173030.754514ec@freekitty>
Date:	Thu, 1 Mar 2007 17:30:30 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <ak@....de>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, virtualization@...ts.osdl.org,
	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Ian Pratt <ian.pratt@...source.com>,
	Christian Limpach <Christian.Limpach@...cam.ac.uk>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Subject: [RFC] Arp announce (for Xen)

What about implementing the unused arp_announce flag on the inetdevice?
Something like the following.  Totally untested...

Looks like it either was there (and got removed) or was planned but
never implemented.

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index e10794d..cefc339 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1089,6 +1089,16 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier
 			}
 		}
 		ip_mc_up(in_dev);
+		/* fallthru */
+
+	case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
+		/* Send gratuitous ARP in case of address change or new device */
+		if (IN_DEV_ARP_ANNOUNCE(in_dev))
+			arp_send(ARPOP_REQUEST, ETH_P_ARP,
+				 in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_address, dev,
+				 in_dev->ifa_list->ifa_address, NULL, 
+				 dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+			
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_DOWN:
 		ip_mc_down(in_dev);

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