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    [NET] netconsole: Introduce netconsole_netdev_notifier · 17951f34
    Satyam Sharma authored
    
    
    Based upon initial work by Keiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com>.
    
    To update fields of underlying netpoll structure at runtime on corresponding
    NETDEV_CHANGEADDR or NETDEV_CHANGENAME notifications.
    
    ioctl(SIOCSIFHWADDR or SIOCSIFNAME) could be used to change the hardware/MAC
    address or name of the local interface that our netpoll is attached to.
    Whenever this happens, netdev notifier chain is called out with the
    NETDEV_CHANGEADDR or NETDEV_CHANGENAME event message.  We respond to that and
    update the local_mac or dev_name field of the struct netpoll.  This makes
    sense anyway, but is especially required for dynamic netconsole because the
    netpoll structure's internal members become user visible files when either
    sysfs or configfs are used.  So this helps us to keep up with the MAC
    address/name changes and keep values in struct netpoll uptodate.
    
    [ Note that ioctl(SIOCSIFADDR) to change IP address of interface at
      runtime is not handled (to update local_ip of netpoll) on purpose --
      some setups may set the local_ip to a private address, not necessary
      the actual IP address of the sender host, as presently allowed. ]
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSatyam Sharma <satyam@infradead.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKeiichi Kii <k-keiichi@bx.jp.nec.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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