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git-mirror · May 31, 2010 · 938e3a1 · 938e3a1
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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
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-refs/heads/master: 3f8dc2362fd43a0adee2f6f05bf1ac4d619675b6
+refs/heads/master: 06c4648d46d1b757d6b9591a86810be79818b60c
diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h b/trunk/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1772,6 +1772,8 @@ extern void netif_carrier_on(struct net_device *dev);
 
 extern void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev);
 
+extern void netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev);
+
 /**
  *	netif_dormant_on - mark device as dormant.
  *	@dev: network device

diff --git a/trunk/include/linux/notifier.h b/trunk/include/linux/notifier.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static inline int notifier_to_errno(int ret)
 #define NETDEV_POST_INIT	0x0010
 #define NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH 0x0011
 #define NETDEV_BONDING_DESLAVE  0x0012
+#define NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS	0x0012
 
 #define SYS_DOWN	0x0001	/* Notify of system down */
 #define SYS_RESTART	SYS_DOWN

diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
 		}
 		ip_mc_up(in_dev);
 		/* fall through */
+	case NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS:
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEADDR:
 		/* Send gratuitous ARP to notify of link change */
 		if (IN_DEV_ARP_NOTIFY(in_dev)) {

diff --git a/trunk/net/sched/sch_generic.c b/trunk/net/sched/sch_generic.c
@@ -327,6 +327,24 @@ void netif_carrier_off(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_carrier_off);
 
+/**
+ * 	netif_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev
+ * 	@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 netif_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	rtnl_lock();
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_notify_peers);
+
 /* "NOOP" scheduler: the best scheduler, recommended for all interfaces
    under all circumstances. It is difficult to invent anything faster or
    cheaper.