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+/*
+ *	Routines to manage notifier chains for passing status changes to any
+ *	interested routines. We need this instead of hard coded call lists so
+ *	that modules can poke their nose into the innards. The network devices
+ *	needed them so here they are for the rest of you.
+ *
+ *				Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@linux.org>
+ */
+ 
+#ifndef _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H
+#define _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+
+struct notifier_block
+{
+	int (*notifier_call)(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long, void *);
+	struct notifier_block *next;
+	int priority;
+};
+
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+extern int notifier_chain_register(struct notifier_block **list, struct notifier_block *n);
+extern int notifier_chain_unregister(struct notifier_block **nl, struct notifier_block *n);
+extern int notifier_call_chain(struct notifier_block **n, unsigned long val, void *v);
+
+#define NOTIFY_DONE		0x0000		/* Don't care */
+#define NOTIFY_OK		0x0001		/* Suits me */
+#define NOTIFY_STOP_MASK	0x8000		/* Don't call further */
+#define NOTIFY_BAD		(NOTIFY_STOP_MASK|0x0002)	/* Bad/Veto action	*/
+/*
+ * Clean way to return from the notifier and stop further calls.
+ */
+#define NOTIFY_STOP		(NOTIFY_OK|NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
+
+/*
+ *	Declared notifiers so far. I can imagine quite a few more chains
+ *	over time (eg laptop power reset chains, reboot chain (to clean 
+ *	device units up), device [un]mount chain, module load/unload chain,
+ *	low memory chain, screenblank chain (for plug in modular screenblankers) 
+ *	VC switch chains (for loadable kernel svgalib VC switch helpers) etc...
+ */
+ 
+/* netdevice notifier chain */
+#define NETDEV_UP	0x0001	/* For now you can't veto a device up/down */
+#define NETDEV_DOWN	0x0002
+#define NETDEV_REBOOT	0x0003	/* Tell a protocol stack a network interface
+				   detected a hardware crash and restarted
+				   - we can use this eg to kick tcp sessions
+				   once done */
+#define NETDEV_CHANGE	0x0004	/* Notify device state change */
+#define NETDEV_REGISTER 0x0005
+#define NETDEV_UNREGISTER	0x0006
+#define NETDEV_CHANGEMTU	0x0007
+#define NETDEV_CHANGEADDR	0x0008
+#define NETDEV_GOING_DOWN	0x0009
+#define NETDEV_CHANGENAME	0x000A
+
+#define SYS_DOWN	0x0001	/* Notify of system down */
+#define SYS_RESTART	SYS_DOWN
+#define SYS_HALT	0x0002	/* Notify of system halt */
+#define SYS_POWER_OFF	0x0003	/* Notify of system power off */
+
+#define NETLINK_URELEASE	0x0001	/* Unicast netlink socket released */
+
+#define CPU_ONLINE		0x0002 /* CPU (unsigned)v is up */
+#define CPU_UP_PREPARE		0x0003 /* CPU (unsigned)v coming up */
+#define CPU_UP_CANCELED		0x0004 /* CPU (unsigned)v NOT coming up */
+#define CPU_DOWN_PREPARE	0x0005 /* CPU (unsigned)v going down */
+#define CPU_DOWN_FAILED		0x0006 /* CPU (unsigned)v NOT going down */
+#define CPU_DEAD		0x0007 /* CPU (unsigned)v dead */
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H */