net/core: add NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER event
Add NETDEV_BONDING_FAILOVER event to be used in a successive patch
by bonding to announce fail-over for the active-backup mode through the
netdev events notifier chain mechanism. Such an event can be of use for the
RDMA CM (communication manager) to let native RDMA ULPs (eg NFS-RDMA, iSER)
always be aligned with the IP stack, in the sense that they use the same
ports/links as the stack does. More usages can be done to allow monitoring
tools based on netlink events being aware to bonding fail-over.
Signed-off-by: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com>
Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh <fubar@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index f27fd20..e92fc83 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1479,6 +1479,7 @@
extern void dev_set_promiscuity(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
extern void dev_set_allmulti(struct net_device *dev, int inc);
extern void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev);
+extern void netdev_bonding_change(struct net_device *dev);
extern void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
/* Load a device via the kmod */
extern void dev_load(struct net *net, const char *name);