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From:   Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de>
To:     davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org
Cc:     netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v3] net/tun: Call netdev notifiers
Date:   Mon, 16 Nov 2020 11:41:21 +0100
Message-ID: <20201116104121.20884-1-ms@dev.tdt.de>
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Call netdev notifiers before and after changing the device type.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms@dev.tdt.de>
---

Change from v2:
use subject_prefix 'net-next' to fix 'fixes_present' issue

Change from v1:
fix 'subject_prefix' and 'checkpatch' warnings

---
 drivers/net/tun.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index 3d45d56172cb..2d9a00f41023 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3071,9 +3071,13 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, uns=
igned int cmd,
 				   "Linktype set failed because interface is up\n");
 			ret =3D -EBUSY;
 		} else {
+			call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE,
+						 tun->dev);
 			tun->dev->type =3D (int) arg;
 			netif_info(tun, drv, tun->dev, "linktype set to %d\n",
 				   tun->dev->type);
+			call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE,
+						 tun->dev);
 			ret =3D 0;
 		}
 		break;
--=20
2.20.1