[BRIDGE]: features change notification

Resend of earlier patch (no changes) from Catalin used to provide
device feature change notification.

Signed-off-by: Catalin BOIE <catab at umbrella.ro>
Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <[e-mail]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[e-mail]>

include/linux/netdevice.h

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 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_features_change(struct net_device *dev);
 /* Load a device via the kmod */
 extern void		dev_load(const char *name);
 extern void		dev_mcast_init(void);

include/linux/notifier.h

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 #define NETDEV_CHANGEADDR	0x0008
 #define NETDEV_GOING_DOWN	0x0009
 #define NETDEV_CHANGENAME	0x000A
+#define NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE	0x000B
 
 #define SYS_DOWN	0x0001	/* Notify of system down */
 #define SYS_RESTART	SYS_DOWN

net/core/dev.c

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 }
 
 /**
+ *	netdev_features_change - device changes fatures
+ *	@dev: device to cause notification
+ *
+ *	Called to indicate a device has changed features.
+ */
+void netdev_features_change(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	notifier_call_chain(&netdev_chain, NETDEV_FEAT_CHANGE, dev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_features_change);
+
+/**
  *	netdev_state_change - device changes state
  *	@dev: device to cause notification
  *

net/core/ethtool.c

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 	void __user *useraddr = ifr->ifr_data;
 	u32 ethcmd;
 	int rc;
+	int old_features;
 
 	/*
 	 * XXX: This can be pushed down into the ethtool_* handlers that
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 		if ((rc = dev->ethtool_ops->begin(dev)) < 0)
 			return rc;
 
+	old_features = dev->features;
+
 	switch (ethcmd) {
 	case ETHTOOL_GSET:
 		rc = ethtool_get_settings(dev, useraddr);
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 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO:
 		rc = ethtool_get_drvinfo(dev, useraddr);
-
 		break;
 	case ETHTOOL_GREGS:
 		rc = ethtool_get_regs(dev, useraddr);
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 	if(dev->ethtool_ops->complete)
 		dev->ethtool_ops->complete(dev);
+
+	if (old_features != dev->features)
+		netdev_features_change(dev);
+
 	return rc;
 
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