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-rw-r--r--net/core/dev.c22
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index a46334906c94..8fa739259041 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1457,6 +1457,25 @@ void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);
/**
+ * __netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev,
+ * to be called when rtnl lock is already held.
+ * @dev: network device
+ *
+ * Generate traffic such that interested network peers are aware of
+ * @dev, such as by generating a gratuitous ARP. This may be used when
+ * a device wants to inform the rest of the network about some sort of
+ * reconfiguration such as a failover event or virtual machine
+ * migration.
+ */
+void __netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ ASSERT_RTNL();
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev);
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__netdev_notify_peers);
+
+/**
* netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev
* @dev: network device
*
@@ -1469,8 +1488,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);
void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev)
{
rtnl_lock();
- call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev);
- call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_RESEND_IGMP, dev);
+ __netdev_notify_peers(dev);
rtnl_unlock();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_notify_peers);