net/core/netevent.c

Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/net/core/netevent.c

File Facts

System
Linux kernel
Corpus path
net/core/netevent.c
Extension
.c
Size
1855 bytes
Lines
64
Domain
Networking Core
Bucket
Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
Inferred role
Networking Core: exported/initcall integration point
Status
integration implementation candidate

Why This File Exists

Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.

Dependency Surface

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Annotated Snippet

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
/*
 *	Network event notifiers
 *
 *	Authors:
 *      Tom Tucker             <tom@opengridcomputing.com>
 *      Steve Wise             <swise@opengridcomputing.com>
 *
 *	Fixes:
 */

#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <linux/notifier.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
#include <net/netevent.h>

static ATOMIC_NOTIFIER_HEAD(netevent_notif_chain);

/**
 *	register_netevent_notifier - register a netevent notifier block
 *	@nb: notifier
 *
 *	Register a notifier to be called when a netevent occurs.
 *	The notifier passed is linked into the kernel structures and must
 *	not be reused until it has been unregistered. A negative errno code
 *	is returned on a failure.
 */
int register_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
	return atomic_notifier_chain_register(&netevent_notif_chain, nb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_netevent_notifier);

/**
 *	unregister_netevent_notifier - unregister a netevent notifier block
 *	@nb: notifier
 *
 *	Unregister a notifier previously registered by
 *	register_neigh_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
 *	kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
 *	is returned on a failure.
 */

int unregister_netevent_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
	return atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&netevent_notif_chain, nb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_netevent_notifier);

/**
 *	call_netevent_notifiers - call all netevent notifier blocks
 *      @val: value passed unmodified to notifier function
 *      @v:   pointer passed unmodified to notifier function
 *
 *	Call all neighbour notifier blocks.  Parameters and return value
 *	are as for notifier_call_chain().
 */

int call_netevent_notifiers(unsigned long val, void *v)
{
	return atomic_notifier_call_chain(&netevent_notif_chain, val, v);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(call_netevent_notifiers);

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