Drivers may make offloading decision based on whether ip_forward_update_priority is enabled or not. Therefore distribute netevent notifications to give them a chance to react to a change.
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata petrm@mellanox.com Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel idosch@mellanox.com --- include/net/netevent.h | 1 + net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/net/netevent.h b/include/net/netevent.h index d9918261701c..4107016c3bb4 100644 --- a/include/net/netevent.h +++ b/include/net/netevent.h @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ enum netevent_notif_type { NETEVENT_DELAY_PROBE_TIME_UPDATE, /* arg is struct neigh_parms ptr */ NETEVENT_IPV4_MPATH_HASH_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */ NETEVENT_IPV6_MPATH_HASH_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */ + NETEVENT_IPV4_FWD_UPDATE_PRIORITY_UPDATE, /* arg is struct net ptr */ };
int register_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb); diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c index e21dda015513..b92f422f2fa8 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c +++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c @@ -201,6 +201,23 @@ static int ipv4_ping_group_range(struct ctl_table *table, int write, return ret; }
+static int ipv4_fwd_update_priority(struct ctl_table *table, int write, + void __user *buffer, + size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) +{ + struct net *net; + int ret; + + net = container_of(table->data, struct net, + ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority); + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos); + if (write && ret == 0) + call_netevent_notifiers(NETEVENT_IPV4_FWD_UPDATE_PRIORITY_UPDATE, + net); + + return ret; +} + static int proc_tcp_congestion_control(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { @@ -668,7 +685,7 @@ static struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = { .data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_fwd_update_priority, .maxlen = sizeof(int), .mode = 0644, - .proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax, + .proc_handler = ipv4_fwd_update_priority, .extra1 = &zero, .extra2 = &one, },