From a2835763e130c343ace5320c20d33c281e7097b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McHardy Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:34:51 +0000 Subject: rtnetlink: handle rtnl_link netlink notifications manually In order to support specifying device flags during device creation, we must be able to roll back device registration in case setting the flags fails without sending any notifications related to the device to userspace. This patch changes rollback_registered_many() and register_netdevice() to manually send netlink notifications for devices not handled by rtnl_link and allows to defer notifications for devices handled by rtnl_link until setup is complete. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/netdevice.h | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 7a2aea56f195..1bfda90c2625 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -924,7 +924,12 @@ struct net_device { NETREG_UNREGISTERED, /* completed unregister todo */ NETREG_RELEASED, /* called free_netdev */ NETREG_DUMMY, /* dummy device for NAPI poll */ - } reg_state; + } reg_state:16; + + enum { + RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZED, + RTNL_LINK_INITIALIZING, + } rtnl_link_state:16; /* Called from unregister, can be used to call free_netdev */ void (*destructor)(struct net_device *dev); -- cgit v1.2.3