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Message-ID: <20250708213829.875226-5-sdf@fomichev.me>
Date: Tue,  8 Jul 2025 14:38:25 -0700
From: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
To: netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc: davem@...emloft.net,
	edumazet@...gle.com,
	kuba@...nel.org,
	pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3 4/8] net: s/dev_pre_changeaddr_notify/netif_pre_changeaddr_notify/

Commit cc34acd577f1 ("docs: net: document new locking reality")
introduced netif_ vs dev_ function semantics: the former expects locked
netdev, the latter takes care of the locking. We don't strictly
follow this semantics on either side, but there are more dev_xxx handlers
now that don't fit. Rename them to netif_xxx where appropriate.

netif_pre_changeaddr_notify is used only by ipvlan/bond, so move it into
NETDEV_INTERNAL namespace.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...ichev.me>
---
 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c  |  3 ++-
 drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c |  7 ++++---
 include/linux/netdevice.h        |  4 ++--
 net/bridge/br.c                  |  7 ++++---
 net/bridge/br_if.c               |  3 ++-
 net/core/dev.c                   | 16 ++++++++--------
 net/core/dev_addr_lists.c        |  2 +-
 7 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index 69f9e8ff0101..03413570520d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ static int bond_set_dev_addr(struct net_device *bond_dev,
 
 	slave_dbg(bond_dev, slave_dev, "bond_dev=%p slave_dev=%p slave_dev->addr_len=%d\n",
 		  bond_dev, slave_dev, slave_dev->addr_len);
-	err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(bond_dev, slave_dev->dev_addr, NULL);
+	err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(bond_dev, slave_dev->dev_addr, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
@@ -6743,3 +6743,4 @@ module_exit(bonding_exit);
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION(DRV_DESCRIPTION);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Thomas Davis, tadavis@....gov and many others");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("NETDEV_INTERNAL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index 0ed2fd833a5d..660f3db11766 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -784,9 +784,9 @@ static int ipvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused,
 	case NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR:
 		prechaddr_info = ptr;
 		list_for_each_entry(ipvlan, &port->ipvlans, pnode) {
-			err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(ipvlan->dev,
-						    prechaddr_info->dev_addr,
-						    extack);
+			err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(ipvlan->dev,
+							  prechaddr_info->dev_addr,
+							  extack);
 			if (err)
 				return notifier_from_errno(err);
 		}
@@ -1094,3 +1094,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mahesh Bandewar <maheshb@...gle.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver for L3 (IPv6/IPv4) based VLANs");
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("ipvlan");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("NETDEV_INTERNAL");
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 2f3fba5c67c2..85c0dec0177e 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4213,8 +4213,8 @@ int dev_change_net_namespace(struct net_device *dev, struct net *net,
 int __dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
 int netif_set_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
 int dev_set_mtu(struct net_device *, int);
-int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
-			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
+int netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
+				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
 int dev_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
index 0adeafe11a36..1885d0c315f0 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br.c
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ static int br_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, v
 		if (br->dev->addr_assign_type == NET_ADDR_SET)
 			break;
 		prechaddr_info = ptr;
-		err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(br->dev,
-						prechaddr_info->dev_addr,
-						extack);
+		err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(br->dev,
+						  prechaddr_info->dev_addr,
+						  extack);
 		if (err)
 			return notifier_from_errno(err);
 		break;
@@ -484,3 +484,4 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_VERSION(BR_VERSION);
 MODULE_ALIAS_RTNL_LINK("bridge");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Ethernet bridge driver");
+MODULE_IMPORT_NS("NETDEV_INTERNAL");
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_if.c b/net/bridge/br_if.c
index 2450690f98cf..98c5b9c3145f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_if.c
@@ -668,7 +668,8 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev,
 		/* Ask for permission to use this MAC address now, even if we
 		 * don't end up choosing it below.
 		 */
-		err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(br->dev, dev->dev_addr, extack);
+		err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(br->dev, dev->dev_addr,
+						  extack);
 		if (err)
 			goto err6;
 	}
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 2c679d59a39c..3e2aec843645 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -9689,13 +9689,13 @@ void netif_set_group(struct net_device *dev, int new_group)
 }
 
 /**
- *	dev_pre_changeaddr_notify - Call NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR.
- *	@dev: device
- *	@addr: new address
- *	@extack: netlink extended ack
+ * netif_pre_changeaddr_notify() - Call NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR.
+ * @dev: device
+ * @addr: new address
+ * @extack: netlink extended ack
  */
-int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
-			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+int netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
+				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	struct netdev_notifier_pre_changeaddr_info info = {
 		.info.dev = dev,
@@ -9707,7 +9707,7 @@ int dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(struct net_device *dev, const char *addr,
 	rc = call_netdevice_notifiers_info(NETDEV_PRE_CHANGEADDR, &info.info);
 	return notifier_to_errno(rc);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_pre_changeaddr_notify);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(netif_pre_changeaddr_notify, "NETDEV_INTERNAL");
 
 int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
 			  struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
@@ -9721,7 +9721,7 @@ int netif_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev, struct sockaddr_storage *ss,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!netif_device_present(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, ss->__data, extack);
+	err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, ss->__data, extack);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (memcmp(dev->dev_addr, ss->__data, dev->addr_len)) {
diff --git a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
index 90716bd736f3..76c91f224886 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ int dev_addr_add(struct net_device *dev, const unsigned char *addr,
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-	err = dev_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, addr, NULL);
+	err = netif_pre_changeaddr_notify(dev, addr, NULL);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	err = __hw_addr_add(&dev->dev_addrs, addr, dev->addr_len, addr_type);
-- 
2.50.0


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