[PATCH] net/tun: Call notifiers before and after changing device type

From: Martin Schiller
Date: Mon Nov 16 2020 - 02:44:47 EST


Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/tun.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index be69d272052f..8253c5b03105 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -3124,9 +3124,11 @@ static long __tun_chr_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
"Linktype set failed because interface is up\n");
ret = -EBUSY;
} else {
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE, tun->dev);
tun->dev->type = (int) arg;
netif_info(tun, drv, tun->dev, "linktype set to %d\n",
tun->dev->type);
+ call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_POST_TYPE_CHANGE, tun->dev);
ret = 0;
}
break;
--
2.20.1