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diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index c25d453b2803..9bb8f87c4cda 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1409,14 +1409,34 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_netdevice_notifier);
* register_netdevice_notifier(). The notifier is unlinked into the
* kernel structures and may then be reused. A negative errno code
* is returned on a failure.
+ *
+ * After unregistering unregister and down device events are synthesized
+ * for all devices on the device list to the removed notifier to remove
+ * the need for special case cleanup code.
*/
int unregister_netdevice_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb)
{
+ struct net_device *dev;
+ struct net *net;
int err;
rtnl_lock();
err = raw_notifier_chain_unregister(&netdev_chain, nb);
+ if (err)
+ goto unlock;
+
+ for_each_net(net) {
+ for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
+ if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_GOING_DOWN, dev);
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_DOWN, dev);
+ }
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER, dev);
+ nb->notifier_call(nb, NETDEV_UNREGISTER_BATCH, dev);
+ }
+ }
+unlock:
rtnl_unlock();
return err;
}