Re: [09/38] xen: netfront: explicitly generate arp_notify eventafter migration.

From: Ian Campbell
Date: Tue Aug 10 2010 - 09:07:46 EST


Hi Greg,

Looks like I forgot to request this for 2.6.32 too, could you queue it
up there as well?

It depends on the previous patch in this series (arp_notify: allow
drivers to explicitly request a notification event.).

Thanks,
Ian.

On Fri, 2010-08-06 at 19:30 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> 2.6.35-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
>
> ------------------
>
> From: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> commit 592970675c9522bde588b945388c7995c8b51328 upstream.
>
> Use newly introduced netif_notify_peers() method to ensure a gratuitous ARP is
> generated after a migration.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> --- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
> @@ -1621,6 +1621,7 @@ static void backend_changed(struct xenbu
> if (xennet_connect(netdev) != 0)
> break;
> xenbus_switch_state(dev, XenbusStateConnected);
> + netif_notify_peers(netdev);
> break;
>
> case XenbusStateClosing:
>
>


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