From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2013 08:33:00 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: net: ipv4: notify when address lifetime changes
X-Git-Tag: v3.9-rc6~9^2~1
X-Git-Url: https://openfabrics.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=34e2ed34a035de07277cca817fe8264324398141;p=~emulex%2Finfiniband.git

net: ipv4: notify when address lifetime changes

if userspace changes lifetime of address, send netlink notification and
call notifier.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@resnulli.us>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index f678507bc82..96083b7a436 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -802,8 +802,10 @@ static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL ||
 		    !(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REPLACE))
 			return -EEXIST;
-
-		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa_existing, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
+		ifa = ifa_existing;
+		set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
+		rtmsg_ifa(RTM_NEWADDR, ifa, nlh, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);
+		blocking_notifier_call_chain(&inetaddr_chain, NETDEV_UP, ifa);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }