netdev - [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network events.

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Message-ID: <20081124114522.1e8de3fe@extreme>
Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:45:22 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	"Kay Sievers" <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"Marcel Holtmann" <marcel@...tmann.org>,
	linux-hotplug@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] netdev: generate kobject uevent on network events.

It is easier for some applications to deal with text based interfaces
like uevent, rather than using netlink to listen for events.

Note, this does not deal with network namespaces but that is a generic
problem that already exists with kobjects (see rename events).

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>

---
 net/core/Makefile |    1 
 net/core/uevent.c |   61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)

--- a/net/core/Makefile	2008-11-24 08:40:10.000000000 -0800
+++ b/net/core/Makefile	2008-11-24 08:51:01.000000000 -0800
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_PKTGEN) += pktgen.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DMA) += user_dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HOTPLUG) += uevent.o
--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ b/net/core/uevent.c	2008-11-24 09:06:50.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Linux network device event notification
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/kobject.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+
+/*
+ * Generate uevent in response to nework device changes.
+ * NB: KOBJ_MOVE is already genereated by kobject_rename
+ */
+static int netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct net_device *netdev = ptr;
+
+	switch (event) {
+	case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
+		kobject_uevent(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_REMOVE);
+		break;
+	case NETDEV_REGISTER:
+		kobject_uevent(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+		break;
+	case NETDEV_UP:
+		kobject_uevent(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_ONLINE);
+		break;
+	case NETDEV_DOWN:
+		kobject_uevent(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_OFFLINE);
+		break;
+	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
+		if (netif_running(netdev)) {
+			char str[64] = "DEVSTATE=UP";
+			char *envp[2] = { str, NULL };
+
+			if (netif_oper_up(netdev))
+				strcat(str, ",RUNNING");
+			if (netif_carrier_ok(netdev))
+				strcat(str, ",LOWER_UP");
+			if (netif_dormant(netdev))
+				strcat(str, ",DORMANT");
+			kobject_uevent_env(&netdev->dev.kobj, KOBJ_CHANGE, envp);
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block netdev_uevent_notifier = {
+	.notifier_call	= netdev_event,
+};
+
+static int __init netdev_uevent_init(void)
+{
+	return register_netdevice_notifier(&netdev_uevent_notifier);
+}
+device_initcall(netdev_uevent_init);

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