ethtool: add FEATURES_NTF notification
Send ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF notification whenever network device features
are modified using ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET netlink message, ethtool ioctl
request or any other way resulting in call to netdev_update_features() or
netdev_change_features()
Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index d6706c4..47542f0 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@
``ETHTOOL_MSG_WOL_NTF`` wake-on-lan settings notification
``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_GET_REPLY`` device features
``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET_REPLY`` optional reply to FEATURES_SET
+ ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` netdev features notification
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``GET`` requests are sent by userspace applications to retrieve device
@@ -591,6 +592,11 @@
bits which have changed, values are their values in new dev->features (after
the operation).
+``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_NTF`` notification is sent not only if device features
+are modified using ``ETHTOOL_MSG_FEATURES_SET`` request or on of ethtool ioctl
+request but also each time features are modified with netdev_update_features()
+or netdev_change_features().
+
Request translation
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