[ovs-dev] [PATCH net-next 5/8] net: core: dev: Add extack argument to __dev_change_flags()
David Ahern
dsa at cumulusnetworks.com
Wed Dec 5 16:38:47 UTC 2018
On 12/5/18 3:51 AM, Petr Machata wrote:
> In order to pass extack together with NETDEV_PRE_UP notifications, it's
> necessary to route the extack to __dev_open() from diverse (possibly
> indirect) callers. The last missing API is __dev_change_flags().
>
> Therefore extend __dev_change_flags() with and extra extack argument and
> update the two existing users.
>
> Since the function declaration line is changed anyway, name the struct
> net_device argument to placate checkpatch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm at mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri at mellanox.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch at mellanox.com>
> ---
> include/linux/netdevice.h | 3 ++-
> net/core/dev.c | 5 +++--
> net/core/rtnetlink.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern at gmail.com>
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