Add linux-next specific files for 20110831
[linux-2.6/next.git] / net / core / netevent.c
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1 /*
2 * Network event notifiers
4 * Authors:
5 * Tom Tucker <tom@opengridcomputing.com>
6 * Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
8 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
9 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
10 * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
11 * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
13 * Fixes:
16 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
17 #include <linux/notifier.h>
18 #include <net/netevent.h>
20 static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(netevent_notif_chain);
22 /**
23 * register_netevent_notifier - register a netevent notifier block
24 * @nb: notifier
26 * Register a notifier to be called when a netevent occurs.
27 * The notifier passed is linked into the kernel structures and must
28 * not be reused until it has been unregistered. A negative errno code
29 * is returned on a failure.
31 int register_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
33 int err;
35 err = atomic_notifier_chain_register(&netevent_notif_chain, nb);
36 return err;
38 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_netevent_notifier);
40 /**
41 * netevent_unregister_notifier - unregister a netevent notifier block
42 * @nb: notifier
44 * Unregister a notifier previously registered by
45 * register_neigh_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
46 * kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
47 * is returned on a failure.
50 int unregister_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
52 return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&netevent_notif_chain, nb);
54 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_netevent_notifier);
56 /**
57 * call_netevent_notifiers - call all netevent notifier blocks
58 * @val: value passed unmodified to notifier function
59 * @v: pointer passed unmodified to notifier function
61 * Call all neighbour notifier blocks. Parameters and return value
62 * are as for notifier_call_chain().
65 int call_netevent_notifiers(unsigned long val, void *v)
67 return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&netevent_notif_chain, val, v);
69 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_netevent_notifiers);