bridge: notify applications if address of bridge device changes

The mac address of the bridge device may be changed when a new interface
is added to the bridge. If this happens, then the bridge needs to call
the network notifiers to tickle any other systems that care. Since bridge
can be a module, this also means exporting the notifier function.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
This commit is contained in:
stephen hemminger 2011-03-24 13:24:01 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 8628bd8af7
commit edf947f100
4 changed files with 13 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
{
struct net_bridge_port *p;
int err = 0;
bool changed_addr;
/* Don't allow bridging non-ethernet like devices */
if ((dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK) ||
@ -446,7 +447,7 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
list_add_rcu(&p->list, &br->port_list);
spin_lock_bh(&br->lock);
br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
changed_addr = br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(br);
br_features_recompute(br);
if ((dev->flags & IFF_UP) && netif_carrier_ok(dev) &&
@ -456,6 +457,9 @@ int br_add_if(struct net_bridge *br, struct net_device *dev)
br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
if (changed_addr)
call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_CHANGEADDR, dev);
dev_set_mtu(br->dev, br_min_mtu(br));
kobject_uevent(&p->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);

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@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ extern void br_stp_disable_bridge(struct net_bridge *br);
extern void br_stp_set_enabled(struct net_bridge *br, unsigned long val);
extern void br_stp_enable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p);
extern void br_stp_disable_port(struct net_bridge_port *p);
extern void br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br);
extern bool br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br);
extern void br_stp_change_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br, const unsigned char *a);
extern void br_stp_set_bridge_priority(struct net_bridge *br,
u16 newprio);

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@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ void br_stp_change_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br, const unsigned char *addr)
static const unsigned short br_mac_zero_aligned[ETH_ALEN >> 1];
/* called under bridge lock */
void br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br)
bool br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br)
{
const unsigned char *br_mac_zero =
(const unsigned char *)br_mac_zero_aligned;
@ -222,8 +222,11 @@ void br_stp_recalculate_bridge_id(struct net_bridge *br)
}
if (compare_ether_addr(br->bridge_id.addr, addr))
br_stp_change_bridge_id(br, addr);
if (compare_ether_addr(br->bridge_id.addr, addr) == 0)
return false; /* no change */
br_stp_change_bridge_id(br, addr);
return true;
}
/* called under bridge lock */

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@ -1423,6 +1423,7 @@ int call_netdevice_notifiers(unsigned long val, struct net_device *dev)
ASSERT_RTNL();
return raw_notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, val, dev);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(call_netdevice_notifiers);
/* When > 0 there are consumers of rx skb time stamps */
static atomic_t netstamp_needed = ATOMIC_INIT(0);