From 2d85cba2b272a5201a60966a65a4f8c0bcc0bb71 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick McHardy Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:42:13 -0700 Subject: [RTNETLINK]: rtnl_link API simplification All drivers need to unregister their devices in the module unload function. While doing so they must hold the rtnl and atomically unregister the rtnl_link ops as well. This makes the rtnl_link_unregister function that takes the rtnl itself completely useless. Provide default newlink/dellink functions, make __rtnl_link_unregister and rtnl_link_unregister unregister all devices with matching rtnl_link_ops and change the existing users to take advantage of that. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/core/rtnetlink.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/core/rtnetlink.c') diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c index 54c17e4cd28..7b6b1639674 100644 --- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c +++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c @@ -270,6 +270,9 @@ static LIST_HEAD(link_ops); */ int __rtnl_link_register(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops) { + if (!ops->dellink) + ops->dellink = unregister_netdevice; + list_add_tail(&ops->list, &link_ops); return 0; } @@ -298,12 +301,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_link_register); * __rtnl_link_unregister - Unregister rtnl_link_ops from rtnetlink. * @ops: struct rtnl_link_ops * to unregister * - * The caller must hold the rtnl_mutex. This function should be used - * by drivers that unregister devices during module unloading. It must - * be called after unregistering the devices. + * The caller must hold the rtnl_mutex. */ void __rtnl_link_unregister(struct rtnl_link_ops *ops) { + struct net_device *dev, *n; + + for_each_netdev_safe(dev, n) { + if (dev->rtnl_link_ops == ops) + ops->dellink(dev); + } list_del(&ops->list); } @@ -1067,7 +1074,10 @@ replay: if (tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]) dev->link_mode = nla_get_u8(tb[IFLA_LINKMODE]); - err = ops->newlink(dev, tb, data); + if (ops->newlink) + err = ops->newlink(dev, tb, data); + else + err = register_netdevice(dev); err_free: if (err < 0) free_netdev(dev); -- cgit v1.2.3