net: move and rename netif_notify_peers()

I believe net/core/dev.c is a better place for netif_notify_peers(),
because other net event notify functions also stay in this file.

And rename it to netdev_notify_peers().

Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <amwang@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 1f06df8d10a3..5defcf940005 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1106,6 +1106,24 @@ void netdev_state_change(struct net_device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_state_change);
 
+/**
+ * 	netdev_notify_peers - notify network peers about existence of @dev
+ * 	@dev: network device
+ *
+ * Generate traffic such that interested network peers are aware of
+ * @dev, such as by generating a gratuitous ARP. This may be used when
+ * a device wants to inform the rest of the network about some sort of
+ * reconfiguration such as a failover event or virtual machine
+ * migration.
+ */
+void netdev_notify_peers(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	rtnl_lock();
+	call_netdevice_notifiers(NETDEV_NOTIFY_PEERS, dev);
+	rtnl_unlock();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_notify_peers);
+
 int netdev_bonding_change(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event)
 {
 	return call_netdevice_notifiers(event, dev);