rtnl: Add support for netdev event to link messages
When netdev events happen, a rtnetlink_event() handler will send
messages for every event in it's white list. These messages contain
current information about a particular device, but they do not include
the iformation about which event just happened. So, it is impossible
to tell what just happend for these events.
This patch adds a new extension to RTM_NEWLINK message called IFLA_EVENT
that would have an encoding of event that triggered this
message. This would allow the the message consumer to easily determine
if it needs to perform certain actions.
Signed-off-by: Vladislav Yasevich <vyasevic@redhat.com>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 57e5484..dea59c8 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ extern int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst,
void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned change, gfp_t flags);
struct sk_buff *rtmsg_ifinfo_build_skb(int type, struct net_device *dev,
- unsigned change, gfp_t flags);
+ unsigned change, u32 event,
+ gfp_t flags);
void rtmsg_ifinfo_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
gfp_t flags);