From: Mike Marciniszyn (Meta) Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2026 10:58:43 +0000 (-0500) Subject: net: export netif_open for self_test usage X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3fdd33697c2be9184668c89ba4f24a5ecbc8ec51;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Flinux.git net: export netif_open for self_test usage dev_open() already is exported, but drivers which use the netdev instance lock need to use netif_open() instead. netif_close() is also already exported [1] so this completes the pairing. This export is required for the following fbnic self tests to avoid calling ndo_stop() and ndo_open() in favor of the more appropriate netif_open() and netif_close() that notifies any listeners that the interface went down to test and is now coming back up. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250309215851.2003708-1-sdf@fomichev.me [1] Signed-off-by: Mike Marciniszyn (Meta) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260307105847.1438-2-mike.marciniszyn@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni --- diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index 6fc9350f0be87..f48dc299e4b27 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -1731,6 +1731,7 @@ int netif_open(struct net_device *dev, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack) return ret; } +EXPORT_SYMBOL(netif_open); static void __dev_close_many(struct list_head *head) {