netdev - [patch net-next v3 2/3] net: pass changed flags along with NETDEV

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Message-Id: <1369740623-17601-3-git-send-email-jiri@resnulli.us>
Date:	Tue, 28 May 2013 13:30:22 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, eric.dumazet@...il.com, timo.teras@....fi,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com
Subject: [patch net-next v3 2/3] net: pass changed flags along with NETDEV_CHANGE event

Use new netdevice notifier infrastructure to pass along changed flags.

Signed-off-by: Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>

v2->v3: shortened notifier_info struct name
---
 include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 +++++
 net/core/dev.c            | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4379487..afc4e90 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1602,6 +1602,11 @@ struct netdev_notifier_info {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 };
 
+struct netdev_notifier_change_info {
+	struct netdev_notifier_info info; /* must be first */
+	unsigned int flags_changed;
+};
+
 static inline struct net_device *
 netdev_notifier_info_to_dev(const struct netdev_notifier_info *info)
 {
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b27c57b..86f307c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4778,8 +4778,13 @@ void __dev_notify_flags(struct net_device *dev, unsigned int old_flags)
 	}
 
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP &&
-	    (changes & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_VOLATILE)))
-		call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev);
+	    (changes & ~(IFF_UP | IFF_PROMISC | IFF_ALLMULTI | IFF_VOLATILE))) {
+		struct netdev_notifier_change_info change_info;
+
+		change_info.flags_changed = changes;
+		call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_CHANGE, dev,
+					      &change_info.info);
+	}
 }
 
 /**
-- 
1.7.11.7

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