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diff --git a/net/core/link_watch.c b/net/core/link_watch.c
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+/*
+ * Linux network device link state notification
+ *
+ * Author:
+ *     Stefan Rompf <sux@loplof.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <linux/config.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <linux/if.h>
+#include <net/sock.h>
+#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/workqueue.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+
+enum lw_bits {
+	LW_RUNNING = 0,
+	LW_SE_USED
+};
+
+static unsigned long linkwatch_flags;
+static unsigned long linkwatch_nextevent;
+
+static void linkwatch_event(void *dummy);
+static DECLARE_WORK(linkwatch_work, linkwatch_event, NULL);
+
+static LIST_HEAD(lweventlist);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lweventlist_lock);
+
+struct lw_event {
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+};
+
+/* Avoid kmalloc() for most systems */
+static struct lw_event singleevent;
+
+/* Must be called with the rtnl semaphore held */
+void linkwatch_run_queue(void)
+{
+	LIST_HEAD(head);
+	struct list_head *n, *next;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
+	list_splice_init(&lweventlist, &head);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&lweventlist_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_safe(n, next, &head) {
+		struct lw_event *event = list_entry(n, struct lw_event, list);
+		struct net_device *dev = event->dev;
+
+		if (event == &singleevent) {
+			clear_bit(LW_SE_USED, &linkwatch_flags);
+		} else {
+			kfree(event);
+		}
+
+		/* We are about to handle this device,
+		 * so new events can be accepted
+		 */
+		clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state);
+
+		if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+			netdev_state_change(dev);
+		}
+
+		dev_put(dev);
+	}
+}       
+
+
+static void linkwatch_event(void *dummy)
+{
+	/* Limit the number of linkwatch events to one
+	 * per second so that a runaway driver does not
+	 * cause a storm of messages on the netlink
+	 * socket
+	 */	
+	linkwatch_nextevent = jiffies + HZ;
+	clear_bit(LW_RUNNING, &linkwatch_flags);
+
+	rtnl_shlock();
+	linkwatch_run_queue();
+	rtnl_shunlock();
+}
+
+
+void linkwatch_fire_event(struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state)) {
+		unsigned long flags;
+		struct lw_event *event;
+
+		if (test_and_set_bit(LW_SE_USED, &linkwatch_flags)) {
+			event = kmalloc(sizeof(struct lw_event), GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+			if (unlikely(event == NULL)) {
+				clear_bit(__LINK_STATE_LINKWATCH_PENDING, &dev->state);
+				return;
+			}
+		} else {
+			event = &singleevent;
+		}
+
+		dev_hold(dev);
+		event->dev = dev;
+
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&lweventlist_lock, flags);
+		list_add_tail(&event->list, &lweventlist);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&lweventlist_lock, flags);
+
+		if (!test_and_set_bit(LW_RUNNING, &linkwatch_flags)) {
+			unsigned long thisevent = jiffies;
+
+			if (thisevent >= linkwatch_nextevent) {
+				schedule_work(&linkwatch_work);
+			} else {
+				schedule_delayed_work(&linkwatch_work, linkwatch_nextevent - thisevent);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(linkwatch_fire_event);