From: Jiri Pirko Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:30:19 +0000 (+0000) Subject: net: forbid underlaying devices to change its type X-Git-Url: http://git.mmlx.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1c01fe14a87332cc88266fbd6e598319322eb96f;p=linux-edison.git net: forbid underlaying devices to change its type It's not desired for underlaying devices to change type. At the time, there is for example possible to have bond with changed type from Ethernet to Infiniband as a port of a bridge. This patch fixes this. Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko Signed-off-by: Jay Vosburgh Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c index 40faa368b07..445e73c343b 100644 --- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c @@ -748,6 +748,9 @@ static int macvlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, list_for_each_entry_safe(vlan, next, &port->vlans, list) vlan->dev->rtnl_link_ops->dellink(vlan->dev, NULL); break; + case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE: + /* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */ + return NOTIFY_BAD; } return NOTIFY_DONE; } diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan.c b/net/8021q/vlan.c index 453512266ea..c39a5f41169 100644 --- a/net/8021q/vlan.c +++ b/net/8021q/vlan.c @@ -530,6 +530,10 @@ static int vlan_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, } unregister_netdevice_many(&list); break; + + case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE: + /* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */ + return NOTIFY_BAD; } out: diff --git a/net/bridge/br_notify.c b/net/bridge/br_notify.c index 763a3ec292e..1413b72acc7 100644 --- a/net/bridge/br_notify.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_notify.c @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ static int br_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, v case NETDEV_UNREGISTER: br_del_if(br, dev); break; + + case NETDEV_PRE_TYPE_CHANGE: + /* Forbid underlaying device to change its type. */ + return NOTIFY_BAD; } /* Events that may cause spanning tree to refresh */