netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 06/10] netdev: add netdevice notifier type to trigger a reprogramming of offloads

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Message-ID: <CALx6S357fYzhCRHsPAjX+NH+5Wc1tnUuNwcZ5oy3WiAMASjOEA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 9 Jan 2016 09:25:13 -0800
From:	Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jesse Gross <jesse@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 06/10] netdev: add netdevice notifier type to
 trigger a reprogramming of offloads

On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Hannes Frederic Sowa
<hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/netdevice.h | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> index 8d8e5ca951b493..9750e46760695d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
> @@ -2183,6 +2183,7 @@ struct netdev_lag_lower_state_info {
>  #define NETDEV_BONDING_INFO    0x0019
>  #define NETDEV_PRECHANGEUPPER  0x001A
>  #define NETDEV_CHANGELOWERSTATE        0x001B
> +#define NETDEV_REFRESH_OFFLOADS        0x001C
>
Per previous discussion we don't want to generalize this current
offload interface. Can we just NETDEV_UP as the notifier?

>  int register_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
>  int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
> --
> 2.5.0
>