Resend of earlier patch (no changes) from Catalin used to provide
device feature change notification.
Signed-off-by: Catalin BOIE <catab at umbrella.ro>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- notify1/include/linux/notifier.h 2005-03-02 09:37:48.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/include/linux/notifier.h 2005-05-20 13:17:42.000000000 +0300
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extern int notifier_call_chain(struct no
#define NETDEV_CHANGEADDR 0x0008
#define NETDEV_GOING_DOWN 0x0009
#define NETDEV_CHANGENAME 0x000A
+#define NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE 0x000B
#define SYS_DOWN 0x0001 /* Notify of system down */
#define SYS_RESTART SYS_DOWN
--- notify1/net/core/ethtool.c 2005-03-02 09:38:37.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/net/core/ethtool.c 2005-05-23 11:30:47.000000000 +0300
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
void __user *useraddr = ifr->ifr_data;
u32 ethcmd;
int rc;
+ int old_features;
/*
* XXX: This can be pushed down into the ethtool_* handlers that
@@ -703,6 +704,8 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
if ((rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev)) < 0)
return rc;
+ old_features = dev->features;
+
switch (ethcmd) {
case ETHTOOL_GSET:
rc = ethtool_get_settings(dev, useraddr);
@@ -712,7 +715,6 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
break;
case ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO:
rc = ethtool_get_drvinfo(dev, useraddr);
-
break;
case ETHTOOL_GREGS:
rc = ethtool_get_regs(dev, useraddr);
@@ -801,6 +803,10 @@ int dev_ethtool(struct ifreq *ifr)
if(dev->ethtool_ops->complete)
dev->ethtool_ops->complete(dev);
+
+ if (old_features != dev->features)
+ netdev_features_change(dev);
+
return rc;
ioctl:
--- notify1/net/core/dev.c 2005-03-26 05:28:21.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/net/core/dev.c 2005-05-23 12:14:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -761,6 +761,18 @@ int dev_change_name(struct net_device *d
}
/**
+ * netdev_features_change - device changes fatures
+ * @dev: device to cause notification
+ *
+ * Called to indicate a device has changed features.
+ */
+void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+ notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_features_change);
+
+/**
* netdev_state_change - device changes state
* @dev: device to cause notification
*
--- notify1/include/linux/netdevice.h 2005-03-02 09:38:26.000000000 +0200
+++ linux/include/linux/netdevice.h 2005-05-23 10:16:43.000000000 +0300
@@ -916,6 +916,7 @@ extern void dev_mc_discard(struct net_d
extern void dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
extern void dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
extern void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev);
+extern void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
/* Load a device via the kmod */
extern void dev_load(const char *name);
extern void dev_mcast_init(void);
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