netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 6/8] net: core: dev: Add call_netdevice_notifiers

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Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 17:05:45 +0000
From:   Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
To:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 6/8] net: core: dev: Add
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack()

In order to propagate extack through NETDEV_PRE_UP, add a new function
call_netdevice_notifiers_extack() that primes the extack field of the
notifier info. Convert call_netdevice_notifiers() to a simple wrapper
around the new function that passes NULL for extack.

Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...lanox.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index b37e320def13..4b033af8e6cd 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ static struct list_head offload_base __read_mostly;
 static int netif_rx_internal(struct sk_buff *skb);
 static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
 					 struct netdev_notifier_info *info);
+static int call_netdevice_notifiers_extack(unsigned long val,
+					   struct net_device *dev,
+					   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 static struct napi_struct *napi_by_id(unsigned int napi_id);
 
 /*
@@ -1734,6 +1737,18 @@ static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
 	return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, info);
 }
 
+static int call_netdevice_notifiers_extack(unsigned long val,
+					   struct net_device *dev,
+					   struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct netdev_notifier_info info = {
+		.dev = dev,
+		.extack = extack,
+	};
+
+	return call_netdevice_notifiers_info(val, &info);
+}
+
 /**
  *	call_netdevice_notifiers - call all network notifier blocks
  *      @val: value passed unmodified to notifier function
@@ -1745,11 +1760,7 @@ static int call_netdevice_notifiers_info(unsigned long val,
 
 int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct netdev_notifier_info info = {
-		.dev = dev,
-	};
-
-	return call_netdevice_notifiers_info(val, &info);
+	return call_netdevice_notifiers_extack(val, dev, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_netdevice_notifiers);
 
-- 
2.4.11