source: GPL/include/linux/notifier.h@ 18

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1/*
2 * Routines to manage notifier chains for passing status changes to any
3 * interested routines. We need this instead of hard coded call lists so
4 * that modules can poke their nose into the innards. The network devices
5 * needed them so here they are for the rest of you.
6 *
7 * Alan Cox <Alan.Cox@linux.org>
8 */
9
10#ifndef _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H
11#define _LINUX_NOTIFIER_H
12#include <linux/errno.h>
13
14struct notifier_block
15{
16 int (*notifier_call)(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long, void *);
17 struct notifier_block *next;
18 int priority;
19};
20
21
22#ifdef __KERNEL__
23
24#define NOTIFY_DONE 0x0000 /* Don't care */
25#define NOTIFY_OK 0x0001 /* Suits me */
26#define NOTIFY_STOP_MASK 0x8000 /* Don't call further */
27#define NOTIFY_BAD (NOTIFY_STOP_MASK|0x0002) /* Bad/Veto action */
28
29extern __inline__ int notifier_chain_register(struct notifier_block **list, struct notifier_block *n)
30{
31 while(*list)
32 {
33 if(n->priority > (*list)->priority)
34 break;
35 list= &((*list)->next);
36 }
37 n->next = *list;
38 *list=n;
39 return 0;
40}
41
42/*
43 * Warning to any non GPL module writers out there.. these functions are
44 * GPL'd
45 */
46
47extern __inline__ int notifier_chain_unregister(struct notifier_block **nl, struct notifier_block *n)
48{
49 while((*nl)!=NULL)
50 {
51 if((*nl)==n)
52 {
53 *nl=n->next;
54 return 0;
55 }
56 nl=&((*nl)->next);
57 }
58 return -ENOENT;
59}
60
61/*
62 * This is one of these things that is generally shorter inline
63 */
64
65extern __inline__ int notifier_call_chain(struct notifier_block **n, unsigned long val, void *v)
66{
67 int ret=NOTIFY_DONE;
68 struct notifier_block *nb = *n;
69 while(nb)
70 {
71 ret=nb->notifier_call(nb,val,v);
72 if(ret&NOTIFY_STOP_MASK)
73 return ret;
74 nb=nb->next;
75 }
76 return ret;
77}
78
79
80/*
81 * Declared notifiers so far. I can imagine quite a few more chains
82 * over time (eg laptop power reset chains, reboot chain (to clean
83 * device units up), device [un]mount chain, module load/unload chain,
84 * low memory chain, screenblank chain (for plug in modular screenblankers)
85 * VC switch chains (for loadable kernel svgalib VC switch helpers) etc...
86 */
87
88/* netdevice notifier chain */
89#define NETDEV_UP 0x0001 /* For now you can't veto a device up/down */
90#define NETDEV_DOWN 0x0002
91#define NETDEV_REBOOT 0x0003 /* Tell a protocol stack a network interface
92 detected a hardware crash and restarted
93 - we can use this eg to kick tcp sessions
94 once done */
95#define NETDEV_CHANGE 0x0004 /* Notify device state change */
96#define NETDEV_REGISTER 0x0005
97#define NETDEV_UNREGISTER 0x0006
98#define NETDEV_CHANGEMTU 0x0007
99#define NETDEV_CHANGEADDR 0x0008
100#define NETDEV_GOING_DOWN 0x0009
101#define NETDEV_CHANGENAME 0x000A
102
103#define SYS_DOWN 0x0001 /* Notify of system down */
104#define SYS_RESTART SYS_DOWN
105#define SYS_HALT 0x0002 /* Notify of system halt */
106#define SYS_POWER_OFF 0x0003 /* Notify of system power off */
107
108/*
109 * Publically visible notifier objects
110 */
111
112extern struct notifier_block *boot_notifier_list;
113
114#endif
115#endif
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